Yegor Grebnev
Biographic Data
| ID | 708048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yegor Grebnev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yegor |
| FAMILY NAME | Grebnev |
| SIGNATURE | GREBNEV Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-8402-2962 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The jinwen and guwen Recensions of the Yi Zhou shu
This essay discusses two different recensions of the Yi Zhou shu 逸周書 attested in Tang to Song-period sources and their influence on the received text. It analyzes the distinctive features of these two recensions, such as the different “outlines” ( xu 序 ) and the differences in the division of material into chapters
Confining Nature to a Diagram
The seventy-two seasonal signs ( hou 候) divide the year into five-day intervals, each associated with a specific seasonal event. This system is out of step with observable nature, which calls for an explanation. A close analysis of early textual sources demonstrates that this system was designed as a way to extract meaning from natural phenomena for use in omenological interpretation, presenting cases when specified seasonal events failed to occu…
Chinese Onomasticons of Posthumous Names
This paper provides a brief introduction to Chinese posthumous names. This name system is based on the opposition between positive and negative evaluations of the deceased. It was employed as a means for negotiating legitimacy and shaping the historical record. This article also provides information on the “Order of Posthumous Names Explained”, a chapter of the Neglected Zhou Scriptures. This chapter is a canonical source for the study of Chinese…
Introduction
Spring and Autumn Historiography
Spring and Autumn Historiography: Form and Hierarchy in Ancient Chinese Annals. By Newell ann Van Auken. New York: Columbia UniversitY Press, 2023. Pp. xx + 328. $65
Many Worlds under One Heaven
It would be trite to say that archaeological discoveries made in China during the last hundred years could comprehensively transform our understanding of early Chinese history. Nevertheless, despite the accumulation of an impressive amount of new material, this transformation has not yet fully happened, and it is often difficult, especially for those not professionally trained in archaeology, to appreciate how new discoveries rectify the better k…
Mediation of Legitimacy in Early China
Yegor Grebnev examines crucial noncanonical texts preserved in the Yi Zhou shu (Neglected Zhou Scriptures) and the Grand Duke traditions. He develops an innovative framework for the study and interpretation of these texts, focusing on their role in the mediation of royal legitimacy and their formative impact on early Daoism.
Annual Bibliography
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What India and China Once Were
What India and China Once Were: The Pasts That May Shape the Global Future. Edited by Sheldon I. Pollock and Benjamin A. Elman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Pp . xiii + 365. $35
Record of King Wu of Zhou's Royal Deeds in the Yi Zhou shu in Light of Near Eastern Royal Inscriptions
This paper introduces a new reading of the "Shi fu" (Hauling of Captives), a chapter in the Yi Zhou shu (Leftover Zhou Writings) that is commonly read as an early record of the conquest of China's first historically attested dynasty of Shang by King Wu of Zhou in the middle of the eleventh century BCE. I argue that this conventional reading does not give justice to the structural complexities of the "Shi fu" and disregards the fact that certain c…
Aural-mnemonic Architectonics of Ancient Chinese Philosophical Texts
Taking inspiration from Soviet scholarship and South Asian parallels, this article proposes a new interpretation of the compositional regularities in certain philosophical texts from ancient China. It argues that such texts are underpinned by mechanisms of aural and mnemonic reinforcement that contributed to the fixation of textual compositions and facilitated the creation of stable discursive spaces for communities distributed in space and time.…
Numerical lists of foundational knowledge in early Chinese and early Buddhist traditions
In this paper, I compare the material in the Pāli canon of Theravada Buddhism, a textual tradition famous for the abundance of numerical lists, with certain chapters of the Yi Zhou shu 逸周書 and chapter “Hong fan” 洪範 of the Shang shu 尚書, where numerical lists are equally important. I propose a classification of the insufficiently studied numerical lists in the Yi Zhou shu and point out the divergences in them, suggesting that they were produced by …
Chariotry and Prone Burials
In place of the traditional view that raids and invasion from the north introduced new weapons and chariots to the Shang (c. 1200 BC), we argue that archaeological evidence illustrates the presence of several regional groups at or near the late Shang centre, Anyang. Here we review burial practices at Anyang dating to the late second millennium BC, and describe a substantial group of prone burials that reflect a ritual practice contrasting with th…
The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought
Chariotry and Prone Burials
In place of the traditional view that raids and invasion from the north introduced new weapons and chariots to the Shang (c. 1200 BC), we argue that archaeological evidence illustrates the presence of several regional groups at or near the late Shang centre, Anyang. Here we review burial practices at Anyang dating to the late second millennium BC, and describe a substantial group of prone burials that reflect a ritual practice contrasting with th…
Aural-mnemonic Architectonics of Ancient Chinese Philosophical Texts
Taking inspiration from Soviet scholarship and South Asian parallels, this article proposes a new interpretation of the compositional regularities in certain philosophical texts from ancient China. It argues that such texts are underpinned by mechanisms of aural and mnemonic reinforcement that contributed to the fixation of textual compositions and facilitated the creation of stable discursive spaces for communities distributed in space and time.…
Numerical lists of foundational knowledge in early Chinese and early Buddhist traditions
In this paper, I compare the material in the Pāli canon of Theravada Buddhism, a textual tradition famous for the abundance of numerical lists, with certain chapters of the Yi Zhou shu 逸周書 and chapter “Hong fan” 洪範 of the Shang shu 尚書, where numerical lists are equally important. I propose a classification of the insufficiently studied numerical lists in the Yi Zhou shu and point out the divergences in them, suggesting that they were produced by …
Chariotry and Prone Burials
In place of the traditional view that raids and invasion from the north introduced new weapons and chariots to the Shang (c. 1200 BC), we argue that archaeological evidence illustrates the presence of several regional groups at or near the late Shang centre, Anyang. Here we review burial practices at Anyang dating to the late second millennium BC, and describe a substantial group of prone burials that reflect a ritual practice contrasting with th…
What India and China Once Were
What India and China Once Were: The Pasts That May Shape the Global Future. Edited by Sheldon I. Pollock and Benjamin A. Elman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Pp . xiii + 365. $35
Record of King Wu of Zhou's Royal Deeds in the Yi Zhou shu in Light of Near Eastern Royal Inscriptions
This paper introduces a new reading of the "Shi fu" (Hauling of Captives), a chapter in the Yi Zhou shu (Leftover Zhou Writings) that is commonly read as an early record of the conquest of China's first historically attested dynasty of Shang by King Wu of Zhou in the middle of the eleventh century BCE. I argue that this conventional reading does not give justice to the structural complexities of the "Shi fu" and disregards the fact that certain c…
Mediation of Legitimacy in Early China
Yegor Grebnev examines crucial noncanonical texts preserved in the Yi Zhou shu (Neglected Zhou Scriptures) and the Grand Duke traditions. He develops an innovative framework for the study and interpretation of these texts, focusing on their role in the mediation of royal legitimacy and their formative impact on early Daoism.
Annual Bibliography
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Introduction
Spring and Autumn Historiography
Spring and Autumn Historiography: Form and Hierarchy in Ancient Chinese Annals. By Newell ann Van Auken. New York: Columbia UniversitY Press, 2023. Pp. xx + 328. $65
Many Worlds under One Heaven
It would be trite to say that archaeological discoveries made in China during the last hundred years could comprehensively transform our understanding of early Chinese history. Nevertheless, despite the accumulation of an impressive amount of new material, this transformation has not yet fully happened, and it is often difficult, especially for those not professionally trained in archaeology, to appreciate how new discoveries rectify the better k…
The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought
Chinese Onomasticons of Posthumous Names
This paper provides a brief introduction to Chinese posthumous names. This name system is based on the opposition between positive and negative evaluations of the deceased. It was employed as a means for negotiating legitimacy and shaping the historical record. This article also provides information on the “Order of Posthumous Names Explained”, a chapter of the Neglected Zhou Scriptures. This chapter is a canonical source for the study of Chinese…
Confining Nature to a Diagram
The seventy-two seasonal signs ( hou 候) divide the year into five-day intervals, each associated with a specific seasonal event. This system is out of step with observable nature, which calls for an explanation. A close analysis of early textual sources demonstrates that this system was designed as a way to extract meaning from natural phenomena for use in omenological interpretation, presenting cases when specified seasonal events failed to occu…
The jinwen and guwen Recensions of the Yi Zhou shu
This essay discusses two different recensions of the Yi Zhou shu 逸周書 attested in Tang to Song-period sources and their influence on the received text. It analyzes the distinctive features of these two recensions, such as the different “outlines” ( xu 序 ) and the differences in the division of material into chapters
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