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Classics Without Canonization: Learning And Authority In Qin And Han

Nylan, Michael·2009·Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 vols.)
DOI 10.1163/ej.9789004168350.i-1312.112
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This chapter advances one view of classical learning that is consistent with the sources now at hand: that there was no of jing , if canonization mandates a stable text and a belief in the inerrancy of a particular jing or corpus of jing . It considers the terms jing and Ru during Qin and Han and then turns to the contexts and expectations for classical learning in general and Five Classics learning in particular. The chapter focuses on the pronouncements made by Yang Xiong in his Fayan . It then compares the revisionist and standard narratives about classical learning in Qin and Han, reiterating the unlikelihood, first, that the majority of classicists were Confucians rather than professionals touting their stock-in-trade; and, second, that the classicists routinely sought to be guided by models of the distant past, rather than by recent events. Keywords: authority; canonization; classics learning; Confucians; Five Classics learning; Han; jing ; Qin; Yang Xiong

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Authors
Nylan, M.
Corresponding author
Nylan, Michael
ORCID
Nylan, Michael
Venue
Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 vols.)
Publisher
BRILL
Published
2009-01-01
Pages
777-832
DOI
10.1163/ej.9789004168350.i-1312.112
OpenAlex
W761109509
Semantic Scholar
55a6b72cdc0120dfcb8b99a8e038f5dee9ad1bb5
Cited by
20
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
4.90
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books
Keywords
classical learning, canonization, Five Classics, Jing, Rus', Confucianism, authority, Qin dynasty, Han dynasty, Yang Xiong

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