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Index Index 309 Index _full_alt_author_running_head (neem stramien B2 voor dit chapter en nul 0 in hierna): 0 _full_alt_articletitle_running_head (oude _articletitle_deel, vul hierna in): Index _full_article_language: en Index Index 309 Index accretion model of textual formation, 2, 8, 35, Chen She 陳涉, 61 39–55, 64–65, 80–83, 223–224, 269 Chen Tongsheng 陳桐生, 32, 84 auspicious signs (see omens) Chen Wei 陳偉, 27 authority, textual, 4, 5, 41, 49–51, 54, 59, 73, 76, Chu 楚 state, 23, 49, 61–62, 93, 200, 117–118, 123, 191–193, 241, 264–266, 268, Chunqiu fanlu 春秋繁露, 275–276, 278, 281, 285–286, 289–290, 296, 298, 302–304 286, 295 Ames, Roger, 2, 34, 121 Chunqiu 春秋, 34n, 59, 258–259, 269–304 authorship, 17, 40, 189, 193, 271–303 classicism, 35n, 199, 223, 298, 303n see also Kongzi 孔子, as author of the commentary, 8, 30, 34, 42, 73, 78, 96, 104, 163, Chunqiu 春秋 247, 251–252, 258–260, 264–265, 271, 279, 285–290, 303 Bajiaolang 八角廊 (see Dingzhou 定州 composite nature of early texts, 42, 44–45, 55, tomb texts) 187–188, 211–213, 292 Ban Gu 班固, 220, 287 Confucius (see Kongzi 孔子) baobian 褒貶, 299 Confucius Institutes, 3 Beijing Olympics, 3 Copernicus, 102 bian shi 辯士, 87 cosmology, 5, 59, 104 “Biao ji” 表記, 18, 20 Csikszentmihalyi, Mark, 2n, 4, 7, 67, 70, 92, Biblical studies, parallels with, 41–42, 81, 206, 109, 116, 146, 181, 247 218–219 Cui Shu 崔述, 2, 42–44, 52, 83, 93 bibliography under the Han dynasty, 71–72, 88, 108, 220–224 Da Dai Liji 大戴禮記, 85n, 224–227, 261, 296 see also “Yiwen zhi” 藝文志 da 達 (see success and failure, debates Bie lu 別錄, 71, 191 concerning) Boltz, William G., 157 dao 道, 104, 141, 178 book formats, 187–193, 211 “Da xue” 大學, 23, 59n Book of Mormon, 108 destiny (see ming 命) boshi 博士, 58–63, 68 Dickens, Charles, 188 Bo Yi 伯夷, 301 Dingzhou 定州 tomb texts, 154–155 bronze inscriptions, 103, 194–195 see also Lunyu 論語, Dingzhou 定州 Brooks, E. Bruce and Taeko, 2n, 6, 39, 42, manuscript 48–50, 54–55, 80, 83, 228, 269 dizi 弟子, 8, 29–30, 48, 51–53, 87, 92–109, building blocks, textual, 122, 209 193–197, 218–238, 271, 280, 282 bu yong 不用, 299–301 as compilers of the Lunyu, 18, 29, 32–33, 40–44, 49, 55–60, 64 Calvino, Italo, 290n, 303 biographies, 224–235, 241–260 Campbell, Alexander, 108 disciple texts, 218–238 canonization, 2, 5, 7–9, 41, 45, 54–55, 59, Documentary Hypothesis, 41–42, 81 61–62, 64–65, 88, 303–304 Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒, 68, 109, 275–276, ce 冊/策, 190–191 286, 293, 298 Chao Fulin 晁福林, 32 “doubting the past” yi gu 疑古, 17 Chen Dong 陳東, 158, 160, 172–173 Du Weiming, 17–18 Chen Jian 陳劍, 26–27 Duke Ai of Lu 魯哀公, 155, 225, 230, 259, 274, Chen Liangwu 陳良武, 24 277, 285, 296 Chen Renxi 陳仁錫, 281, 298 Duke Mu of Lu 魯穆公, 63 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2018 | doi:10.1163/9789004382947_013 310 Index Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公, 59 Gongyang zhuan 公羊傳, 124n, 271–284, Duke Zhao of Lu 魯昭公, 222, 237, 281–283 288–290, 293, 296, 298, 301 Durrant, Stephen W., 8n, 94n, 281 government, 25, 31, 58, 85–86, 108, 125, 128, 131–132, 138, 142–145, 152, 181, 212, 234, Egami Namio 江上波夫, 165 236, 297 emotion, 119, 275, 278, 293, 297 Graham, A.C., 95, 101, 120–121 Emperor Ai (Han) 漢哀帝, 220 Gu Jiegang 顧頡剛, 123 Emperor Cheng (Han) 漢成帝, 4n, 70, 220 Guanzi 管子, 63, 257 Emperor Jing (Han) 漢景帝, 68, 70, 72 Guliang zhuan 穀梁傳, 259n, 279, 298, 301 漢文帝 Emperor Wen (Han) , 68, 70n, 85–87 Guo Yi 郭沂, 19, 32 漢武帝 Emperor Wu (Han) , 68, 70–73, 76, 81, Guodian 郭店 tomb texts 86, 88, 222, 274, 286–287, 298, 301 Lu Mu Gong wen Zisi 魯穆公問子思, 18 漢宣帝 Emperor Xuan (Han) , 29, 70, 180, 287, Taiyi sheng shui 太一生水, 200 301 Wuxing 五行, 18 漢元帝 Emperor Yuan (Han) , 70, 86 Xing zi ming chu 性自命出, 101, 198 漢昭帝 Emperor Zhao (Han) , 70, 222 Yu cong 語叢, 20, 22–24, 60, 200–201, 204, 呂太后 Empress Lü (Han), 62 210, 288–290 encountering [the right circumstances], see Zhongxin zhi dao 忠信之道, 24, 30 遇 yu Zi yi 緇衣 (see Zi yi 緇衣) encyclopedism, 9 Zun deyi 尊德義, 56n 虞卿 Excellency Yu , 299 Guoyu 國語, 251, 280 “explaining the past” (shigu 釋古), 17 extension, textual, 197–198 Han Feizi 韓非子, 107, 271–272, 285, 291, 296, 303 “Fang ji” 坊記, 18–24, 57, 63, 68, 221n Han Ying 韓嬰, 68–69 fate (see ming 命) Han Yu 韓愈, 17, 68n Fayan 法言, 29 Hanshi waizhuan 韓詩外傳, 68–70, 86–87 feng 封 and shan 禪 sacrifices, 261–262 Hanshu 漢書, 19, 29, 70–72, 108, 171, 191, 220, Fenghuangshan 鳳凰山 tomb texts, 177–178 223–227, 235, 238, 251, 282, 287, 301 filial piety (see xiao 孝) Haupt, Christiane, 4, 67 Five Classics, 1, 5, 8, 68n, 223, 251, 255, 258, Heaven (see tian 天) 263, 265, 286, 290, 294, 297–299, 301, Hejian Xian wang dui shangxia san yonggong 304 河間獻王對上下三雍宮, 223 fluidity, textual, 77, 159, 187–188, 190–193, 198, Hirayama Ikuo 平山郁夫, 165 201, 212–213, 237–238, 277 historian, 11, 18, 35, 154, 242–244, 290–292 frustration, 12, 141n, 281, 290–293 司馬遷 Foucault, Michel, 284, 290 see also Sima Qian Fu Buqi 宓不齊, 224 historical meaning, 1n, 35, 188 Fu Sheng 伏勝, 59, 62 history, writing of, 265–266, 274–275, 281–285, 299–300 淮南子 Gentz, Joachim, 282 Huainanzi , 73, 287, 293–294, 298 壺遂 Golden Rule, 103, 234, 236 Hu Sui , 299–301 胡寅 Goldin, Paul, 33–34, 88, 121, 276 Hu Yin , 42, 52 黃人二 Gongbo Liao 公伯寮, 230 Huang Ren’er , 29 桓寬 Gongshu Ban 公輸般, 93 Huan Kuan , 287 桓魋 Gongsun Chou 公孫丑, 98 Huan Tui , 230 Gongsun Hong 公孫弘, 293 Hunter, Michael, 122, 173, 241, 257, 280, 298 胡毋生 Gongxi Hua 公西華, 86 Huwu sheng , 293.
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