The Interpretations of “Guanju” in the “Confucius on Poetry” Section of Shanghai Museum Collection of Chu Bamboo Manuscripts: A Critical Analysis
Resource
臺大中文學報, 21, 001-028
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
21
Pages
001-028
Date Issued
2004-12
Date
2004-12
Author(s)
Chang, P.S.
Abstract
This paper investigates several bamboo slips drawn from the "Confucius on Poetry" (孔子詩論) Section of Shanghai Museum Collection of Chu Bamboo Manuscripts (《上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書》), Volume One. The bamboo slips under investigation include the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth, all of which involve the interpretation of "Guanju" (關睢). The purpose is to elucidate the implications of these slips for our understanding and interpretation of "Guanju". In addition, views of contemporary scholars will also be briefly discussed. By way of this investigation, we believe that "the change of Guanju" (「〈關睢〉之改」) in the Tenth Slip ( 第十簡 ) should be read as "change" (「改」). Also in the tenth slip, the phrase "Guanju uses lust to explain the rites" (「〈關睢〉以色喻於禮」) should be read simultaneously with "sayings" in Silk Inscriptions (boshu) "Five Elements" Chapter 25. Finally, the author of "Confu-cius on Poetry" seems to have divided "Guanju" into four chapters, which is different from the three chapters of Mao Zhuan or the five chapters of Zheng Jian. This significant difference has its special meaning in the history of the studies on the Book of Odes.
Subjects
詩經
上博簡
孔子詩論
關睢
詮釋
Book of Odes
Confucian bamboo slips
Confucius on poetry
Guanju
Interpretations
Type
journal article
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