A History of Chinese Classical Scholarship. Volume III, Northern and Southern dynasties, Sui, and early Tang : The decline of factual philology and the rise of speculative hermeneutics / David M. Honey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honey, David M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Civilization--221 B.C.-960 A.D.

China.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xxii, 337 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Northern and Southern dynasties, Sui, and early Tang

Place of Publication:

Washington : Academica Press, [2021]

Summary:

This exciting third volume of David M. Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought begins with China after nomadic invaders overran the northern regions of the historic kingdom. The differentiation between scholarly emphases-northern focus on the traditional pedagogical commentary, and southern classical school's more innovative commentary-led to an emphasis on the interpretation of the overall message of a text, not a close reading of smaller sections. As Honey explains, serious attention to the phonological nature of Chinese characters also began during in this long era. Based on the work of earlier Sui dynasty classicists, Kong Yinga and his committee produced the Correct Meaning commentary to the Five Classics during the early Tang Dynasty, which is still largely normative today. The book demonstrates that the brooding presence of Zheng Xuan, the great textual critic from the Eastern Han dynasty, still exerted enormous influence during this period, as his ritualized approach to the classics inspired intellectual followers to expand on his work or impelled opponents to break off in new directions.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Northern and Southern Dynasties

ch. 1 Orientations: Northern Continuities and Southern Innovations

1.1. Excursus on Hermeneutics

1.1.1. Case Study One: Unofficial History of the Grove of Confucians

1.1.2. Case Study Two: Biblical Interpretation, Textual Criticism, and the Book of John

ch. 2 Southern Learning Part One: Song and Qi

2.1. Song Classicist Lei Cizong

2.1.1. Brief Annotations on the Mourning Vestments, Classic and Commentary

2.1.2. The Genre of "Clearing-up-the-meaning"

2.2. Song Classicist Yu Weizhi

2.3. Qi Classicist Wang Jian and Bibliographical Studies

2.4. Qi Classicist Liu Huan

ch. 3 Southern Learning Part Two: Liang

3.1. Liang Wudi

3.2. The Prelude to Huang Kan

3.2.1. Cui Ling'en

3.2.2. He Yin

3.2.3. He Yang

3.3. Huang Kan

3.3.1. Commenting on the Records of Ritualists

3.3.2. The Clearing-up-the-meaning of a Subsidiary Edition of the Records of Ritualists

ch. 4 Southern Dynasties "Grove of Confucians" Collective Biographies

4.1. Liang Dynasty "Grove of Confucians" Chapter 48

4.2. Chen Dynasty "Grove of Confucians" Chapter 33

4.3. History of the South "Grove of Confucians"

4.4. Conclusions

pt. Two Northern Dynasties

ch. 5 Northern Learning

5.1. Three Views on the Nature of Northern Classical Scholarship

5.2. Northern Classicists on the Records of Ritualists

5.2.1. Xu Zunming

5.2.2. Li Yexing

5.2.3. Xiong Ansheng

5.2.4. Lu Bian

5.3. Northern Classicists on Non-Ritual Classics

5.3.1. Lu Jingyu and the Zhou Changes

5.3.2. Xu Yan and Gongyang's Commentary

5.3.3. Su Kuan and Jia Sitong on Zuo's Commentary on the Spring and A utumn Annals.

ISBN:

9781680539622

1680539620

OCLC:

1184097883

Publisher Number:

99989038254