The Commentarial Transformation of the Spring and Autumn
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The Commentarial Transformation of the Spring and Autumn: (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

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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.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Scholarly Conventions Introduction Text, Commentary, and Authority The Spring and Autumn: An Overview and Brief Reception History The Zuo Tradition and Spring and Autumn Commentary Overview of the Book 1. Orthodoxy and Transformation: Two Categories of Commentary Du Yu's "Preface": Zhou Gong and Confucius After Du Yu: Reception and Rejection of the Direct Commentary Passages Perceptions of the Direct Commentary's Place in Zuo Tradition Composition History General and Specific Remarks: Nomenclature Formal Description of the Direct Commentary Passages 2. The Ritual Filter and the Centrality of Lu Reporting and Recording The Centrality of the Lu Ruler Tardiness "Avoiding the ugly" The Ritual Filter: Rules, Ritual Deficiencies, and Criticism 3. Hierarchy, Criticism, and Commendation: Recognizing Merit and Assigning Fault Rank, Hierarchy, and Prestige Criticism and Assignment of Fault Commendation and Honor "Subtle words conveying praise and blame" Revisited 4. Two Ways of Teaching the Spring and Autumn: The Sources of the Direct Commentaries Before Interlinear Commentaries Thematic Clustering and the Source of the Specific Remarks The "Fifty Generalizations" Teaching and Commentary: Texts for Teaching Texts 5. Other Approaches to Commentary in the Zuo Tradition: The Gentleman and Confucius The Remarks of the "Gentleman" and "Confucius" versus the Direct Commentary Introducing Ambiguity: Composite Passages and Conflations A Commentarial Essay: Merging Approaches to History "Only the Sage could have revised it" From Ritual Prescriptions to Praise and Blame 6. Incomplete Correspondences and the Likelihood of Mediated Contact: The Relation of the Direct Commentaries to Gongyang and Guliang The Direct Commentaries as Later Interpolations? Comparison of Corresponding Gongyang and Guliang, and Direct Commentary Remarks Formulaic Expressions, Complexity, and Specificity Approaches to Commentary: Teaching Texts and Teaching about Texts 7. From Recording Rules to Written Text: Conceptual Antecedents to Gongyang and Guliang in the Direct Commentaries Rules of Exclusion Pertaining to Records: Omitted Events and Exceptional Records Rules of Exclusion and Omission of Details: Names, Dates, and Locations The Special Status of Lu: Implicit Assumptions versus Overt Recognition Hidden Messages and the Language of Praise and Blame Conclusions: The Commentarial Transformation of the Spring and Autumn Epilogue From Zhou Gong to Confucius: Textual Creation Myths Forgotten and Replaced Appendix Summaries and Topical Lists of the Direct Commentary Passages Summaries: Specific Remarks Summaries: General Remarks Topical Lists of Direct Commentary Passages Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Newell Ann Van Auken teaches in the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Iowa.

Review :
"…this book is a finely illuminating piece of research and exposition, executed with great care and precision." — Dao


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  • ISBN-13: 9781438462998
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
  • Weight: 635 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1438462999
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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