From Five Regulators to Five Virtues
Some Remarks on the Narrative Structure and Correlative Thinking in the Tsinghua *Wuji 五紀 Manuscript
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6138409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Kalinowski (École Pratique des Hautes Études, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-268 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bamboo and Silk (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2468-9238 • E-ISSN: 2468-9246 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24689246-20250019 |
| OpenAlex | W7105840783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In this paper, I look at the Tsinghua University * Wuji manuscript as an argumentative essay whose deliberate purpose is to integrate moral values, i.e. the Five Virtues, into the narrative structure of the text through the systematic use of correlated categories primarily based on the number Five. This kind of correlative and number-based rhetoric constitutes the most salient feature of the * Wuji text. It provides new evidence on the early development of correlative thinking and correlative cosmology in the Warring States period
Argumentative · Correlative · Feature (linguistics · Narrative · Narrative structure · Rhetoric · Salient · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Chinese history and philosophy · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |