Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDIn the introduction of her recent book on Ur-Namma in the Sumerian literarytradition,E. Flckiger-Hawker offers a comprehensive account and summary ofthe previous scholarship of the compli...Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDIn the introduction of her recent book on Ur-Namma in the Sumerian literarytradition,E. Flckiger-Hawker offers a comprehensive account and summary ofthe previous scholarship of the complicated political history between the fall ofthe Akkadian empire and the beginning of the Ur Ⅲ period.From this account,itbecomes clear that this scholarship primarily relies on various interpretations展开更多
In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting i...In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting in order and recovering the traditional writings. But recently, the main path is to confirm the genuineness of the traditional writings, correcting errors and filling in omissions in the traditional concepts according to the "method of double proof." Based on this, I aim to advance a new understanding of some key controversial issues in the history of learning in early China, concerning Confucius and the Book of Changes, the Analects and the Analects-kind texts, the School of Zisi and its literary output, Lao Zi the man and the book, and the dates of Wen Zi, Guanyin Zi, and Lie Zi. On this basis, I conclude that the development of pre-Qin philosophy went through four periods, with two significant turning points therein.展开更多
文摘Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDIn the introduction of her recent book on Ur-Namma in the Sumerian literarytradition,E. Flckiger-Hawker offers a comprehensive account and summary ofthe previous scholarship of the complicated political history between the fall ofthe Akkadian empire and the beginning of the Ur Ⅲ period.From this account,itbecomes clear that this scholarship primarily relies on various interpretations
文摘In the course of Chinese history, we find three instances of important and deliberate attempts to reconstruct ancient history. In the first two, the main path followed in the reconstruction process concerned setting in order and recovering the traditional writings. But recently, the main path is to confirm the genuineness of the traditional writings, correcting errors and filling in omissions in the traditional concepts according to the "method of double proof." Based on this, I aim to advance a new understanding of some key controversial issues in the history of learning in early China, concerning Confucius and the Book of Changes, the Analects and the Analects-kind texts, the School of Zisi and its literary output, Lao Zi the man and the book, and the dates of Wen Zi, Guanyin Zi, and Lie Zi. On this basis, I conclude that the development of pre-Qin philosophy went through four periods, with two significant turning points therein.