Examples of Doubts in Ancient Books (Five Types)

Author: Yu Yue
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties have passed into history. To read the books of the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties with the grammatical rules of modern literary writing is like forcing a rustic to speak of the grandeur of the Ganshu and Jianzhang palaces. From small and large seal scripts to clerical scripts and regular scripts, from bamboo slips to silk and paper, the changes have been numerous. To hold today's printed books as the true originals of the ancients is like hearing someone say bamboo shoots are edible and then boiling bamboo shoots themselves. Alas, this is why doubts about ancient books have only increased! Without overestimating my abilities, I have compiled "Examples of Doubts in Ancient Books" from the Nine Classics and the Hundred Schools of Thought into seven volumes, so that even young learners may understand the examples and have a basis to rely on. Perhaps this may also be of some help in reading books. As for the noble and wise, they certainly have no need for this. Yu Yue records.