| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Contents |
Orthodoxy and transformation: two categories of commentary -- The ritual filter and the centrality of Lu -- Hierarchy, criticism and commendation: recognizing merit and assigning fault -- Two ways of teaching the Spring and Autumn: the sources of the direct commentaries -- Other approaches to commentary in the Zuo tradition: the Gentleman and Confucius -- The direct commentaries versus Gongyáng and Guliáng: incomplete correspondences and the likelihood of mediated contact -- From recording rules to written text: conceptual antecedents to Gongyáng and Guliáng in the direct commentaries -- Epilogue: from Zhou Gong to Confucius: textual creation myths forgotten and replaced -- Appendix: summaries and topical lists of the direct commentary passages |
| Summary |
Shows how the text evolved from a non-narrative historical record into a Confucian classic. The Spring and Autumn is among the earliest surviving Chinese historical records, covering the period 722-479 BCE. It is a curious text: the canonical interpretation claims that it was composed by Confucius and embodies his moral judgments, but this view appears to be contradicted by the brief and dispassionate records themselves. Newell Ann Van Auken addresses this puzzling discrepancy through an examination of early interpretations of the Spring and Autumn, and uncovers a crucial missing link in two sets of commentarial remarks embedded in the Zuǒ Tradition. These embedded commentaries do not seek moral judgments in the Spring and Autumn, but instead interpret its records as produced by a historiographical tradition that was governed by rules related to hierarchy and ritual practice. Van Auken's exploration of the Zuǒ Tradition and other early commentaries sheds light on the transformation of the Spring and Autumn from a simple, non-narrative historical record into a Confucian classic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2021) |
| Subject |
Zuoqiu, Ming. Zuo zhuan.
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Confucius. Chun qiu.
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| SUBJECT |
Chun qiu (Confucius) fast |
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Zuo zhuan (Zuoqiu, Ming) fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016009380 |
| ISBN |
9781438463018 |
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1438463014 |
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