Based on the newly discovered Anhui University manuscript, the paper reexamines the controversy o... more Based on the newly discovered Anhui University manuscript, the paper reexamines the controversy over the oral and written nature of the Classic of Poetry's early transmission. The paper argues that the Anda Shi jing serves to prove, first, that at the time of the manuscript (mid-Warring States period), or even earlier, the Shi jing was already not only an independent text, but had already been written down, and second, that the Anda Shi jing is a "manuscript," and what is more there are various traces showing that it was a "copy," such that it could not have been produced in an oral context.
The Eastern Han period tomb-quelling text of Zhang Shujing 張叔敬, which dates to 173 ce, confirms t... more The Eastern Han period tomb-quelling text of Zhang Shujing 張叔敬, which dates to 173 ce, confirms that living people believed the dead could use soybeans and melon seeds (huangdou guazi 黃豆瓜子) to pay taxes in the underworld. The knowledge of this only came to light with the discovery of the tablet Taiyuan Has a Dead Man (*Taiyuan you sizhe 泰原有死者), which reveals a previously unknown Qin-Han belief that the dead regarded soybeans as gold. I suggest a direct association between the above two beliefs: soybeans and melon seeds were used as substitutes for small natural gold nuggets to pay taxes in the underworld because of their resemblance in shape and color. Furthermore, a huge quantity of painted clay balls shaped like large soybeans (dashu 大菽) are recorded in the Mawangdui 馬王堆 tomb inventories (qiance 遣策), which indirectly supports this interpretation.
利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》文本已有相当长的历史，本书是首部相关成果的系统总结之作。全书共分为：利用先秦秦汉出土文献校正今本《诗经》文字、辨明《诗经》某字之读法、弄清《诗经》字词意义等几个方... more 利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》文本已有相当长的历史，本书是首部相关成果的系统总结之作。全书共分为：利用先秦秦汉出土文献校正今本《诗经》文字、辨明《诗经》某字之读法、弄清《诗经》字词意义等几个方面，全面搜罗例证，并条分缕析，既有对成功例子的分析、总结和补充，又有对反面例子的深入剖析。在此基础上，作者也提出了一些自己利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》的创见。
Based on the newly discovered Anhui University manuscript, the paper reexamines the controversy o... more Based on the newly discovered Anhui University manuscript, the paper reexamines the controversy over the oral and written nature of the Classic of Poetry's early transmission. The paper argues that the Anda Shi jing serves to prove, first, that at the time of the manuscript (mid-Warring States period), or even earlier, the Shi jing was already not only an independent text, but had already been written down, and second, that the Anda Shi jing is a "manuscript," and what is more there are various traces showing that it was a "copy," such that it could not have been produced in an oral context.
The Eastern Han period tomb-quelling text of Zhang Shujing 張叔敬, which dates to 173 ce, confirms t... more The Eastern Han period tomb-quelling text of Zhang Shujing 張叔敬, which dates to 173 ce, confirms that living people believed the dead could use soybeans and melon seeds (huangdou guazi 黃豆瓜子) to pay taxes in the underworld. The knowledge of this only came to light with the discovery of the tablet Taiyuan Has a Dead Man (*Taiyuan you sizhe 泰原有死者), which reveals a previously unknown Qin-Han belief that the dead regarded soybeans as gold. I suggest a direct association between the above two beliefs: soybeans and melon seeds were used as substitutes for small natural gold nuggets to pay taxes in the underworld because of their resemblance in shape and color. Furthermore, a huge quantity of painted clay balls shaped like large soybeans (dashu 大菽) are recorded in the Mawangdui 馬王堆 tomb inventories (qiance 遣策), which indirectly supports this interpretation.
利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》文本已有相当长的历史，本书是首部相关成果的系统总结之作。全书共分为：利用先秦秦汉出土文献校正今本《诗经》文字、辨明《诗经》某字之读法、弄清《诗经》字词意义等几个方... more 利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》文本已有相当长的历史，本书是首部相关成果的系统总结之作。全书共分为：利用先秦秦汉出土文献校正今本《诗经》文字、辨明《诗经》某字之读法、弄清《诗经》字词意义等几个方面，全面搜罗例证，并条分缕析，既有对成功例子的分析、总结和补充，又有对反面例子的深入剖析。在此基础上，作者也提出了一些自己利用先秦秦汉出土文献校读《诗经》的创见。
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