The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) and the Tang Legacy of Obscure Learning (Xuanxue).
The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) is a surprisingly neglected source for the study of medieval Chinese intellectual history. Often considered more of a political performance than an intellectual one, the series has been charged with heterogeneity in its attempt to p...
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2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=137627570&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 137627570 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00825433 C64 jtl: T'oung Pao issn: 00825433 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 105 iid: 1/2 pid: 639 pub: Brill Academic Publishers artinfo: ui: 137627570 10.1163/15685322-10512P03 ppf: 76 ppct: 52 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 854KB tig: atl: The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) and the Tang Legacy of Obscure Learning (Xuanxue). aug: au: Bender, Lucas Rambo affil: Yale University su: Wu jing Tang dynasty, China, 618-907 Learning Intellectuals Literary interpretation Chinese history, 221 B.C.-960 A.D. Intellectual life China sug: subj: China Wu jing Tang dynasty, China, 618-907 Learning Intellectuals Literary interpretation Chinese history, 221 B.C.-960 A.D. Intellectual life keyword: Classicism epistemology medieval Wujing zhengyi ab: The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) is a surprisingly neglected source for the study of medieval Chinese intellectual history. Often considered more of a political performance than an intellectual one, the series has been charged with heterogeneity in its attempt to put an end to the intellectual disputes of the period of division and to craft an orthodoxy for the nascent Tang dynasty. This paper will show, however, that the Zhengyi subcommentaries do articulate a coherent intellectual position with regard to a set of crucial questions about the cosmos, the ancient sages, and the culture that they inaugurated. Repurposing xuanxue arguments about the inherent obscurity of the dao and the cosmos, the Zhengyi argues that most of us cannot understand the source of normative values, and that therefore our only recourse is to limit our intellectual presumptions and follow the models provided by the ancient Sage Kings. Résumé: Les Interprétations corrigées des cinq Classiques (Wujing zhengyi) ont, de façon surprenante, été assez négligées par l'histoire intellectuelle de la Chine médiévale. Elles sont souvent considérées comme un exercice politique plutôt qu'intellectuel ; leur ambition de mettre fin aux disputes de la période de division et de construire une orthodoxie pour la dynastie Tang naissante a débouché sur un résultat largement jugé comme hétérogène. Cet article montre au contraire que les sous-commentaires du Zhengyi articulent une position intellectuelle cohérente au regard d'un ensemble de questions essentielles concernant le cosmos, les anciens sages et la culture qu'ils ont créée. En recyclant des arguments venus du xuanxue qui affirmaient l'obscurité inhérente du dao et du cosmos, le Zhengyi avance que la plupart d'entre nous sont incapables de percevoir la source des valeurs normatives et que notre seul recours est de limiter nos présomptions à suivre les modèles offerts par les anciens sages et rois. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of T'oung Pao is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: T'oung Pao holder: Brill Academic Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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