The Wenzi : creativity and intertextuality in early Chinese philosophy
Title:
The Wenzi : creativity and intertextuality in early Chinese philosophy
Studies in the history of Chinese texts ;
Wenzi.
Author:
Els, Paul van, 1975- author.
ISBN:
9789004264793
9789004365438
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Publication Information:
Leiden : Brill, [2018]
Physical Description:
XIII, 233 p. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; volume 9.
Contents:
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures and Tables; Conventions; Introduction; A Brief Introduction to the Wenzi; A Basic Understanding of the Wenzi; Outline of this Book; Chapter 1; The Dingzhou Discovery; 1.1 The Tomb; 1.2 The Texts; 1.3 The Significance; Chapter 2; The Dingzhou Wenzi; 2.1 The Manuscript; 2.2 The Transcription; Chapter 3; The Proto-Wenzi: Date, Protagonists, Author; 3.1 The Date; 3.1.1 The Pre-Qin Period; 3.1.2 The Late Warring States Period; 3.1.3 The Western Han Dynasty; 3.2 The Protagonists; 3.2.1 King Ping; 3.2.2 Wenzi; 3.3 The Author; Chapter 4.
The Proto-Wenzi: Philosophy4.1 The Way; 4.2 The Four Guidelines; 4.3 Sagacity and Wisdom; 4.4 The Five Ways of Warfare; 4.5 Conclusion; Chapter 5; A New Wenzi; 5.1 A Preliminary Look; 5.2 The Core Chapter; 5.2.1 The Dialogic Sections; 5.2.2 The Monologic Sections; 5.3 The Outer Chapters; 5.3.1 The Huainanzi and the Received Wenzi; 5.3.2 Other Transmitted Texts and the Received Wenzi; 5.3.3 The Proto-Wenzi and the Received Wenzi; 5.4 The Composition of the Received Wenzi; Chapter 6; The Received Wenzi: Date and Editor; 6.1 Date; 6.1.1 Dunhuang; 6.1.2 Encyclopedias; 6.1.3 Huiyuan and Zhang Zhan.
6.1.4 Cao Zhi6.1.5 Gao You; 6.1.6 Conclusion; 6.2 Editor; Chapter 7; The Received Wenzi: Philosophy; 7.1 Phase One: Selecting a Base Text; 7.2 Phase Two: Adding Content; 7.3 Phase Three: Making the Text More Daoist; 7.3.1 The Laozi; 7.3.2 The Zhonghuangzi; 7.4 Phase Four: Making the Text More Discursive; 7.4.1 Protagonists; Laozi; Wenzi; King Ping; Kongzi; 7.4.2 Chapter Titles; 7.5 Philosophical Relevance of the Received Wenzi; Chapter 8; Wenzi Reception; 8.1 Phase One: Reverence; 8.1.1 Catalogues; 8.1.2 Encyclopedias; 8.1.3 Argumentative Writings; 8.1.4 Commentaries; 8.1.5 Eulogies.
8.1.6 Summary8.2 Phase Two: Rejection; 8.2.1 Tang Dynasty; 8.2.2 Southern Song Dynasty -- Ming Dynasty; 8.2.3 Qing Dynasty -- Dingzhou Discovery; 8.3 Phase Three: Revaluation; 8.3.1 The 1973 Discoveries; 8.3.2 The 1981 Publication; 8.3.3 The 1995 Publication; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
The 'Wenzi' is a Chinese philosophical text that enjoyed considerable prestige in the centuries following its creation, over two-thousand years ago. When questions regarding its authenticity arose, the text was branded a forgery and consigned to near oblivion. The discovery of an age-old Wenzi manuscript, inked on strips of bamboo, refueled interest in the text. In this combined study of the bamboo manuscript and the received text, Van Els argues that they belong to two distinct text traditions as he studies the date, authorship, and philosophy of each tradition, as well as the reception history of the received text. This study sheds light on text production and reception in Chinese history, with its changing views on authorship, originality, authenticity, and forgery, both past and present.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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