Thomas Crone
Biographic Data
| ID | 8495042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Crone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Crone |
| SIGNATURE | CRONE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4670-8085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unity Before Unification
This article uses Liang Qichao’s 梁啟超 (1873–1929) comparison between Mozi 墨 and Thomas Hobbes as a starting point to examine the different versions of the “Elevating Uniformity” ( Shang Tong 尚同) chapter, which has been central to the ensuing debate about whether Mozi’s account of the origins of human government aligns with social contract theory. By focusing on the second half of the third, “lower” version of the chapter, the author argues that th…
“People at the gate”
This article examines the distinction between dizi 弟子 and menren 門人 in early Chinese texts, with particular attention paid to the Lunyu 論語 ( Analects of Confucius ) and the broader Ru 儒 (“Confucian” or “Classicist”) tradition. Whether these terms designate identical or distinct groups of disciples has long been a matter of debate, beginning with early medieval commentaries and culminating in the interpretation that they refer to “first-” and “sec…
The Scribal Witness
The scribe has been granted a special role in the creation of ancient Chinese narrative prose. Many texts seem to imply the presence of his person or written records, and scholars have often treated this feature as an indication of authorship. In this paper, I argue that another way of relating the scribe to ancient Chinese narrative prose is to see in him not an author but a witness of the events told. I will use several examples to demonstrate …
Seeking Truth beyond Facts
This article analyzes concepts of factual narration in the Kongcongzi, a text that thus far has received little scholarly attention. The author argues that the text indicates a pronounced interest in this subject, and presents different points of view. The first ten chapters of the Kongcongzi tend to manifest a lenient attitude towards narrative factuality, whereas in Chapters Twelve to Twenty-one, the distinction between facts and falsehood seem…
Confucius Repeats Himself
This article explores the much-debated origins of the Confucian classic Lunyu 論語. The author examines two well-known types of repetitions in the text: doublets and formulaic phrases. The results of the analysis confirm previous research suggesting that the Lunyu is the accumulative result of various independent collections of concise anecdotes and sayings, but also indicate that these small literary items derived from more comprehensive and compl…
The semantic change of the word min 民 in texts of the Eastern Zhou Period (771–221 BC)
This paper is a follow-up to a previous study whose results suggest that the term min 民 in texts of the Western Zhou Period (ca. 1045–771 BC) primarily refers to subjected lineages and rulers outside of the ancestral homeland of the Zhou kings. The assumption derived from this, namely, that min might have served to distinguish populations of peripheral territories that were supposedly formally subjected to the royal house from those directly cont…
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The semantic change of the word min 民 in texts of the Eastern Zhou Period (771–221 BC)
This paper is a follow-up to a previous study whose results suggest that the term min 民 in texts of the Western Zhou Period (ca. 1045–771 BC) primarily refers to subjected lineages and rulers outside of the ancestral homeland of the Zhou kings. The assumption derived from this, namely, that min might have served to distinguish populations of peripheral territories that were supposedly formally subjected to the royal house from those directly cont…
Confucius Repeats Himself
This article explores the much-debated origins of the Confucian classic Lunyu 論語. The author examines two well-known types of repetitions in the text: doublets and formulaic phrases. The results of the analysis confirm previous research suggesting that the Lunyu is the accumulative result of various independent collections of concise anecdotes and sayings, but also indicate that these small literary items derived from more comprehensive and compl…
The Scribal Witness
The scribe has been granted a special role in the creation of ancient Chinese narrative prose. Many texts seem to imply the presence of his person or written records, and scholars have often treated this feature as an indication of authorship. In this paper, I argue that another way of relating the scribe to ancient Chinese narrative prose is to see in him not an author but a witness of the events told. I will use several examples to demonstrate …
Seeking Truth beyond Facts
This article analyzes concepts of factual narration in the Kongcongzi, a text that thus far has received little scholarly attention. The author argues that the text indicates a pronounced interest in this subject, and presents different points of view. The first ten chapters of the Kongcongzi tend to manifest a lenient attitude towards narrative factuality, whereas in Chapters Twelve to Twenty-one, the distinction between facts and falsehood seem…
Unity Before Unification
This article uses Liang Qichao’s 梁啟超 (1873–1929) comparison between Mozi 墨 and Thomas Hobbes as a starting point to examine the different versions of the “Elevating Uniformity” ( Shang Tong 尚同) chapter, which has been central to the ensuing debate about whether Mozi’s account of the origins of human government aligns with social contract theory. By focusing on the second half of the third, “lower” version of the chapter, the author argues that th…
“People at the gate”
This article examines the distinction between dizi 弟子 and menren 門人 in early Chinese texts, with particular attention paid to the Lunyu 論語 ( Analects of Confucius ) and the broader Ru 儒 (“Confucian” or “Classicist”) tradition. Whether these terms designate identical or distinct groups of disciples has long been a matter of debate, beginning with early medieval commentaries and culminating in the interpretation that they refer to “first-” and “sec…
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