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Dong Zhongshu, a ‘Confucian’ Heritage and the Chunqiu fanlu
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Intellectual developments of the Western Han dynasty (202 BCE – 9 CE) have been studied hitherto on the assumptions that a system described as ‘Confucianism’ acquired paramount importance and that Dong Zhongshu (ca. 198 to ca. 107 BCE) had been responsible for formulating its principles. In challenging these assumptions, this book examines Dong’ career and reputation, and his supposed authorship of the Chunqiu fanlu, for long subject to question. It is concluded that while some parts of that text may well represent the teachings that Dong Zhongshu promoted, some may perhaps date from as late as 79 CE; still others bear an affinity to writings which, banned as being suspect or potentially subversive, survive in no more than fragmentary form.
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- Loewe, M.
- Corresponding author
- Loewe, Michael
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- BRILL eBooks
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2011-04-11
- OpenAlex
- W1900501179
- Semantic Scholar
- be7b78f039ced2eca5a97fb466b1a8316af4b2a0
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- 37
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- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.21
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- 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 › Philosophy, History, and Historiography
- Keywords
- Dong Zhongshu, Chunqiu Fanlu, Confucianism, Western Han dynasty, authorship attribution, textual dating, Confucian classics, textual transmission
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