Shun 舜 and the Interpretation of Early Orthographical Variation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20380481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan M Smith (0000-0003-3309-6603, Christopher Newport University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Pages | 415-422 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-5028 • E-ISSN: 2325-2324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/eac.2018.15 |
| OpenAlex | W2903297036 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Ji Xusheng's 季旭昇 account of the character 〈舜〉 as a derivative of 〈夋〉 and ultimately of 〈允〉 by reference to Warring States excavated manuscript evidence, recently elaborated by Adam Smith in these pages, appears to clear up the mystery of Shun's 舜 doppelgänger—Jun 俊—in the Shanhai jing 山海經. However, while Ji's observations are of value, there is danger in treating early orthographical variation of this kind with one eye on an interpretive problem from the received texts. In this case, attested variation shows clearly that the form 〈舜〉 was no such derivative, its peculiar origins arguably “large and useless” from a textual critical point view
Art · Geometry · Linguistics · Literature · Physics · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |