The Wenzi : creativity and intertextuality in early Chinese philosophy / by Paul van Els.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Els, Paul van, 1975- author.

Series:

Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 9.

Studies in the history of Chinese texts (HCT), 1877-9425 ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wenzi.

Philosophy, Chinese--Manuscripts.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Intertextuality.

Taoism--Sacred books.

Taoism.

Manuscripts.

Genre:

Sacred works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 233 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

"The 'Wenzi' is a Chinese philosophical text that enjoyed considerable prestige in the centuries following its creation, over two-thousand years ago. When questions regarding its authenticity arose, the text was branded a forgery and consigned to near oblivion. The discovery of an age-old Wenzi manuscript, inked on strips of bamboo, refueled interest in the text. In this combined study of the bamboo manuscript and the received text, Van Els argues that they belong to two distinct text traditions as he studies the date, authorship, and philosophy of each tradition, as well as the reception history of the received text. This study sheds light on text production and reception in Chinese history, with its changing views on authorship, originality, authenticity, and forgery, both past and present"--Back cover.

Contents:

The Dingzhou discovery

The Dingzhou Wenzi

The proto-Wenzi : date, protagonists, author

The proto-Wenzi : philosophy

A new Wenzi

The received Wenzi : date and editor

The received Wenzi : philosophy

Wenzi reception.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.

ISBN:

9004264795

9789004264793

OCLC:

1019748292