The Wenzi: creativity and intertextuality in early Chinese philosophy

by Els, Paul van

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Full title :The Wenzi : creativity and intertextuality in early Chinese philosophy / by Paul van Els.

Summary

"The 'Wenzi' is a Chinese philosophical text that enjoyed considerable prestige in the centuries following its creation, over two-thousand years ago. When questions regarding its authenticity arose, the text was branded a forgery and consigned to near oblivion. The discovery of an age-old Wenzi manuscript, inked on strips of bamboo, refueled interest in the text. In this combined study of the bamboo manuscript and the received text, Van Els argues that they belong to two distinct text traditions as he studies the date, authorship, and philosophy of each tradition, as well as the reception history of the received text. This study sheds light on text production and reception in Chinese history, with its changing views on authorship, originality, authenticity, and forgery, both past and present"--Back cover

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 233 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9004264795, 9789004264793
oclc:on1019748292
LC Classification:BL1900.W465
Dewey Decimal:299.5/1482

The Dingzhou discovery -- The Dingzhou Wenzi -- The proto-Wenzi : date, protagonists, author -- The proto-Wenzi : philosophy -- A new Wenzi -- The received Wenzi : date and editor -- The received Wenzi : philosophy -- Wenzi reception.

Subjects

China Intertextualität Intertextualité INTERTEXTUALITY Manuscripts Philosophie Philosophie -- Manuscrits. -- Chine Philosophie chinoise -- Manuscrits Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Chinese -- Manuscripts Sacred books Sacred works Taoism Taoism -- Sacred books Taoïsme -- Livres sacrés Taoismus Wenzi