Dong Zhongshu, a 'confucian' Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-19465-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: China Studies

Intellectual developments of the Western Han dynasty (202 BCE – 9 CE) have been studied hitherto on the assumptions that a system described as ‘Confucianism’ acquired paramount importance and that Dong Zhongshu (ca. 198 to ca. 107 BCE) had been responsible for formulating its principles. In challenging these assumptions, this book examines Dong’ career and reputation, and his supposed authorship of the Chunqiu fanlu, for long subject to question. It is concluded that while some parts of that text may well represent the teachings that Dong Zhongshu promoted, some may perhaps date from as late as 79 CE; still others bear an affinity to writings which, banned as being suspect or potentially subversive, survive in no more than fragmentary form.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loewe, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Konfuzianismus

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Loewe, Ph.D. (1963) London, was Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Cambridge from 1963 until retirement in 1990. His publications include Records of Han Administration (1967) and A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Dynasties (2000).