Not the Lun yu
The Chu script bamboo slip manuscript, Zigao, and the nature of early Confucianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2793113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Allan (0000-0003-2157-1681, Dartmouth College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-151 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x0900007x |
| OpenAlex | W2102048083 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article includes a line-by-line translation and textual analysis of the Warring States period Chu script bamboo slip manuscript, Zigao 子羔. It argues that the manuscript differs from the transmitted Confucian tradition, but would have been considered a ru 儒 ("Confucian") text. Unusual features include: (1) The disciple is Zigao, who is described negatively in the Lun yu. (2) The term tian zi 天子, "son-of-sky/heaven" is used literally, to refer to the divinely conceived progenitors of the three royal lineages. (3) The term san wang, "three kings", refers to these progenitors rather than the founding rulers. (4) Confucius advocates abdication. (5) The progenitors of the dynastic lineages, rather than the founding rulers, are juxtaposed to Shun 舜, who received the rule from Yao because of his merit. A Chinese edition, with direct transcriptions and alternative readings of the Chu script graphs, is appended
Art · Bamboo · Biology · Botany · Heaven · Literature · Theology · Tian · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |