Research Findings Concerning Excavated Texts and Learning in Early China

In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting in order and recovering the traditional writings. But recently, the main path is to...

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Published inFrontiers of philosophy in China Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 168 - 184
Main Author Yi, GUO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Higher Education Press 01.01.2016
Higher Education Press and Koninklijke Brill NV
Higher Education Press Limited Company
Subjects
Ancient history
Bamboos
Chinese history
Chinese philosophy
Classic literature
Classical literature
early China
Eastern philosophy
excavated texts
Han Dynasty
Human nature
Learning
Literary criticism
Literature
Philosophy
reconstruction of ancient history
Special Theme: Excavated Manuscripts from Antiquity
Tao Te Ching
中国历史
出土
古代历史
学习
文学作品
文献
早期
研究成果
China
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Summary:In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting in order and recovering the traditional writings. But recently, the main path is to confirm the genuineness of the traditional writings, correcting errors and filling in omissions in the traditional concepts according to the ＂method of double proof.＂ Based on this, I aim to advance a new understanding of some key controversial issues in the history of learning in early China, concerning Confucius and the Book of Changes, the Analects and the Analects-kind texts, the School of Zisi and its literary output, Lao Zi the man and the book, and the dates of Wen Zi, Guanyin Zi, and Lie Zi. On this basis, I conclude that the development of pre-Qin philosophy went through four periods, with two significant turning points therein.
Bibliography:In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting in order and recovering the traditional writings. But recently, the main path is to confirm the genuineness of the traditional writings, correcting errors and filling in omissions in the traditional concepts according to the ＂method of double proof.＂ Based on this, I aim to advance a new understanding of some key controversial issues in the history of learning in early China, concerning Confucius and the Book of Changes, the Analects and the Analects-kind texts, the School of Zisi and its literary output, Lao Zi the man and the book, and the dates of Wen Zi, Guanyin Zi, and Lie Zi. On this basis, I conclude that the development of pre-Qin philosophy went through four periods, with two significant turning points therein.
11-5743/B
reconstruction of ancient history, excavated texts, Chinese philosophy, early China
excavated texts
reconstruction of ancient history
Chinese philosophy
early China
ISSN:1673-3436
1673-355X
DOI:10.3868/s030-005-016-0014-2