The Narration of China (Part 1) : Ancient China between the Lines / edited by Chen Zhi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhi, Chen, editor.

Series:

Ancient Languages and Civilizations ; 8/1/2024.

Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

Ancient Languages and Civilizations ; 8/1/2024

Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Languages and Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ancient China between the Lines

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part One of the Festschrift honoring William H. Nienhauser invites readers to explore the fascinating world of ancient Chinese texts through a scholarly lens. The collected articles investigate how already in early times, formerly lost texts were recovered, studied, and edited in order to produce the literature now accessible to us. They analyze how ancient poems inscribed on newly unearthed bamboo slips can be dated according to their rhyme structure and linguistic nuances. And readers will further delve into the vivid accounts of kings and heroes recorded by Sima Qian in his Records of the Grand Historian and gain insights into his personal reflections on figures like Zhang Qian and the developing trade routes between East and West. In sum, this volume provides a comprehensive insight into the rich tapestry of pre-Qin and Han era literature and historiography.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Photos

Preface

Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Chapter 1 On the Editing of the Mu Tianzi Zhuan

1 Misunderstandings of the Nature of the Tomb

2 Misunderstandings in the Editing of the Manuscripts

3 Section One: A Comparison of the Mu tianzi zhuan and Quotations of the Mu tianzi zhuan in Early Texts

4 Section Two: A Comparison of the Mu Tianzi Zhuan and the Liezi

5 Section Three: Chronological Confusion within the Mu Tianzi Zhuan

6 Section Four: Geographical Confusion within the Mu Tianzi Zhuan

7 Conclusion

Chapter 2 The Rite of Yinzhi (Drinking Celebration) and Poems Recorded on the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips

1 The Conquest of the State of Qi and the Yinzhi Rite

2 Overseeing Drinking

3 The Four Poems in TBS Texts

Chapter 3 Did the Master Care about "No Distinction of Classes in Teaching?": Notes on Lunyu 15.39 有教無

1 Explanation and Usage of Lunyu 15.39 in Latter Han Times and Its Later Hermeneutical Development

2 The Social Interpretation of Lunyu 15.39 and the Huang Kan Commentary

3 The Ancient Meaning of you jiao and of wu lei before the Latter Han

4 Conclusions

Chapter 4 A Newly Discovered Han Fu: The Peking University Bamboo Strip Manuscript of the "Fan yin" 反淫 (Contra Immoderation)

1 Masters Comparison

2 Translation

Chapter 5 Sima Qian and the Universal Mind

1 History and the Universality of Human Nature

2 Historical Mirrors and Distorted Reflections

3 Sima Qian and the Comprehensive Mind

4 History and the Constancy of Change

Chapter 6 The Subtle Criticism of Zhang Qian Found within The Records of the Grand Historian "The Account of Dayuan"

1 Criticisms of Zhang Qian by Scholars and Literati of Proceeding Dynasties.

2 The Subtle Criticism of Zhang Qian Found within The Records of the Grand Historian "The Account of Dayuan"

3 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Prosecuting Functionaries in Eastern Han China An Introduction to the Evidence from the Newly Excavated Documents from Wuyi Guangchang, Changsha

1 Introduction

2 Crimes Committed by Functionaries

3 Theft (Embezzlement) of Government Funds

4 Failure to Capture a Suspect

5 Brief Conclusion

Chapter 8 Tu Xie: Political Education and Artistic Integration in Early Southern Dynasties

2 Yan Yanzhi's Heritage of the Theory about tu xie from Han to Wei Dynasties

3 Yan Yanzhi's Confucian Official Duties

4 Yan Yanzhi's Political Satire and Eulogy Related to Painting

5 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 9 Factional Strife Underneath a Catastrophic Flood: Li Jing, the Duke of Wei

Appendix: Translation of "Li Weigong Jing" 李 公

Chapter 10 Prelude to the Golden Age of Tang Poetry: Zhang Yue as a Leader and Patron of Poetic Circles in the Early Kaiyuan Era

1 Zhang Yue's Relegation and the Composition of Landscape Poetry by Poets of Yue Prefecture: Yueyang ji

2 From Poetry of Border Inspections at "Shuofang" to Zhang Yue's Frontier Poetry: on Chaoying ji

3 Court Poetry under Zhang Yue's Lead: on Jixianyuan biji shi

Curriculum Vitae of Professor William H. Nienhauser, Jr.

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-71554-1

9789004715547

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004715547 DOI