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Author Loewe, Michael

Title Dong Zhongshu, a "Confucian" heritage and the Chunqiu fanlu / by Michael Loewe
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 369 pages)
Series China studies, 1570-1344 ; v. 20
China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 20.
Contents Prefatory note; Abbreviations; Introduction; Appendix: Evaluations of Dong Zhongshu in Western writings; Chapter One The historical and intellectual background; Chapter Two Dong Zhongshu's life and reputation; Accounts in primary sources; Dong Zhongshu as seen in subsequent writings; Dong's reactions to his own times and his subsequent influence; Summary; Appendix; 1. Chronological problems; 2. A passage in the Lunheng; Chapter Three Dong Zhongshu's writings; The Three Rescripts and Responses; Agriculture and taxation; Relations with the Xiongnu; Dong Zhongshu's fu
A letter addressed to Gongsun HongThe imperial cults; Decisions in legal cases; Summary; Appendix; 1. The three responses; Ban Gu's part; 2. Treatment of the three responses in the Qian Han ji and the Zizhi tongjian; 3. The Gu wen yuan; 4. Land holdings; Chapter Four Subjects discussed in Dong Zhongshu's writings; The explanations of abnormalities; The recruitment of officials; training; The foundation of schools; The academicians and their pupils; The Chunqiu; Continuity and change: past and present; Dong Zhongshu's attack on certain figures; The promotion of Kongzi; Control of the rain
Titles and ranksAn ordinance and its date; Summary; Appendix: Translation of Chunqiu fanlu 23 'San dai gai zhi zhi wen'; Chapter Nine Conclusion; List of works cited; Index
Summary The assumption that a system described as 'Confucianism' formulated by Dong Zhongshu became accepted as the norm during the Western Han dynasty (202 BCE - 9 CE) is challenged and his supposed authorship of the Chunqiu fanlu examined
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dong, Zhongshu, active 2nd century B.C.
Dong, Zhongshu, active 2nd century B.C. Chun qiu fan lu
Confucius. Chun qiu.
SUBJECT Dong, Zhongshu, active 2nd century B.C. fast
Chun qiu (Confucius) fast
Chun qiu fan lu (Dong, Zhongshu) fast
Subject Confucianism -- China -- History
RELIGION -- Confucianism.
Confucianism
China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004214866
9004214860
1283120682
9781283120685