This study provides a detailed, line-by-line analysis of the discussion of qi in slips 8-10 of th... more This study provides a detailed, line-by-line analysis of the discussion of qi in slips 8-10 of the Tsinghua manuscript, āTang at the Chi Gate,ā offering more precise solutions for all of the problematic expressions encountered in this passage and making note of its parallels with similar accounts in the received literary record. Of particular relevance are a case of Chunyu Yi now preserved in the Grand Scribeās Records as well as various discussions in the Yellow Emperorās Inner Classics. In the conclusion I reflect on the significance of the numerical sets that pervade āTang at the Chi Gate,ā considering one of the possible roots of this mode of discourse.
The two parts of this study concern the three extant versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer " (" Ji... more The two parts of this study concern the three extant versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer " (" Jin teng "): the two received texts in the Book of Documents and the Grand Scribe's Records and the newly recovered Warring States manuscript now at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The first part considers an uncontroversial detail shared by all three versions: the reference to a poem composed by the Duke of Zhou called " The Owl " (" Chixiao "). Cross-referencing " The Metal-bound Coffer " with a poem of the same title, now found in the Book of Odes, it is possible to explain not only the place of this poem in the overall narrative of " The Metal-bound Coffer, " but also the considerations of the poem's two ancient commentators, Mao and Zheng Xuan. In the second part of the study, the discussion turns to the three versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer, " looking in turn at three different passages. By positing a greater number of testimonies than the ones that happen to survive, I argue that a comparison of the extant versions reveals an effort by transmitters, commentators, and the re-teller Sima Qian to teach a single lesson: the Duke of Zhou occupied a subordinate place vis-Ć -vis the ruler, and must never undermine him in any way.
This study considers Xunzi's criticism of Zisi, Confucius' grandson, providing a detailed analysi... more This study considers Xunzi's criticism of Zisi, Confucius' grandson, providing a detailed analysis of some of the most famous but also difficult passages in the Xunzi. By drawing on the newly excavated text,
This study offers a detailed analysis of an important but neglected passage from the Early Chines... more This study offers a detailed analysis of an important but neglected passage from the Early Chinese text "Ziyi" ē·č”£ (Black robe). Through a careful comparison of the three extant versions of this text-two manuscript versions and a third received version in the canonical Liji ē¦®čØ (Records of rites)-the study shows that an earlier layer of the "Ziyi" presents an account about the acquisition of knowledge, and such an account is rewritten in a second layer of the text to reflect the different issue of how one should serve one's superiors. This finding has significant implications for understanding the formation of the "Ziyi" and provides a hypothesis that can be tested against other newly excavated manuscripts with received counterparts.
This study provides a detailed, line-by-line analysis of the discussion of qi in slips 8-10 of th... more This study provides a detailed, line-by-line analysis of the discussion of qi in slips 8-10 of the Tsinghua manuscript, āTang at the Chi Gate,ā offering more precise solutions for all of the problematic expressions encountered in this passage and making note of its parallels with similar accounts in the received literary record. Of particular relevance are a case of Chunyu Yi now preserved in the Grand Scribeās Records as well as various discussions in the Yellow Emperorās Inner Classics. In the conclusion I reflect on the significance of the numerical sets that pervade āTang at the Chi Gate,ā considering one of the possible roots of this mode of discourse.
The two parts of this study concern the three extant versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer " (" Ji... more The two parts of this study concern the three extant versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer " (" Jin teng "): the two received texts in the Book of Documents and the Grand Scribe's Records and the newly recovered Warring States manuscript now at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The first part considers an uncontroversial detail shared by all three versions: the reference to a poem composed by the Duke of Zhou called " The Owl " (" Chixiao "). Cross-referencing " The Metal-bound Coffer " with a poem of the same title, now found in the Book of Odes, it is possible to explain not only the place of this poem in the overall narrative of " The Metal-bound Coffer, " but also the considerations of the poem's two ancient commentators, Mao and Zheng Xuan. In the second part of the study, the discussion turns to the three versions of " The Metal-bound Coffer, " looking in turn at three different passages. By positing a greater number of testimonies than the ones that happen to survive, I argue that a comparison of the extant versions reveals an effort by transmitters, commentators, and the re-teller Sima Qian to teach a single lesson: the Duke of Zhou occupied a subordinate place vis-Ć -vis the ruler, and must never undermine him in any way.
This study considers Xunzi's criticism of Zisi, Confucius' grandson, providing a detailed analysi... more This study considers Xunzi's criticism of Zisi, Confucius' grandson, providing a detailed analysis of some of the most famous but also difficult passages in the Xunzi. By drawing on the newly excavated text,
This study offers a detailed analysis of an important but neglected passage from the Early Chines... more This study offers a detailed analysis of an important but neglected passage from the Early Chinese text "Ziyi" ē·č”£ (Black robe). Through a careful comparison of the three extant versions of this text-two manuscript versions and a third received version in the canonical Liji ē¦®čØ (Records of rites)-the study shows that an earlier layer of the "Ziyi" presents an account about the acquisition of knowledge, and such an account is rewritten in a second layer of the text to reflect the different issue of how one should serve one's superiors. This finding has significant implications for understanding the formation of the "Ziyi" and provides a hypothesis that can be tested against other newly excavated manuscripts with received counterparts.
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