Yuan Yan Building Cui Xue Cun Manuscripts

Author: Tang Bingzheng
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Yuan Yan Lou" is the name of Professor Tang's study. The original title of this collection was "Wen Lu," and it is now titled "Qu Xue Cun Cao" to highlight its main content and characteristics. This collection includes some Q&A between students and teachers, prefaces and postfaces of books, and a separate category for letters. The selected academic parts from over a thousand letters are compiled as "Letters Left Over," which will be beneficial to readers. Introduction to "Yuan Yan Lou Qu Xue Cun Cao":
[Table of Contents]
1. The "Inward" Characteristics of Chu Culture and Its Consistency with Central Plains Culture
2. Chu Culture Dominated by Central Plains Culture and Absorbed Southern Native Culture
3. Historical Facts and Theoretical Basis for Chu Culture Moving from North to South
4. Historical Background of Qu Yuan Self-Referencing Wu Zixu
5. Qu Yuan's Thought Synthesizes Various Schools Rather Than Being Heterodox
6. Confucianism and Taoism Both Speak of "Governing by Non-Action," but Their Essence Differs
7. Materialistic Tendencies in Qu Yuan's Cosmology
8. Social Roots of the Differences Between Shen and Shang Schools
9. Historical Progressiveness of Qu Yuan's "Loyalty to the King"
10. "Jiu Ge" Was Definitely Not a Han Dynasty Work
11. Guo Moruo's Interpretation of "Yu Shan" as "Wu Shan" in "Shan Gui" Is Insufficiently Grounded
12. Wen Yiduo's Correction of "Ben Di" and "Bian Di" in "Hai Sha" Is Subjective and Unreliable
13. Historical Figures Mentioned in the "Records of the Grand Historian" Are Similar to Qu Yuan in Being Rarely Found in Contemporary Pre-Qin Classics, but It Does Not Mean They Did Not Exist in Pre-Qin Times
14. Reordering the Chapters of "Tian Wen" Is Convenient and Brutal
15. Historical Reasons for the Rise of Chu Ci Studies in the Jianghuai Region in the Early Han Dynasty
16. "Yuan You" Definitely Did Not Copy "Da Ren Fu" or Its Draft
17. "Jiu Ge · Guo Shang" Is a Chu Folk Ritual Song for National Dagon, While Other Chapters Are Unrelated to Dagon Rituals
18. "Using Qu Yuan to Prove Qu Yuan" Reveals Its True Meaning
19. Studying Qu Yuan's Poems Requires Skill in Asking and Solving Questions
20. Do Not Blindly Believe in Ancient Texts of the "Chu Ci" and Think Independently
21. Some Evidence That Qu Yuan Visited Hanbei
22. The Southern and Northern Dynasties Were a Low Point for Qu Yuan Studies
23. Treat Han Dynasty Works in the "Chu Ci" Correctly
24. Despite Being Mostly Couplet-Based, Qu Yuan's Poems Also Possess a Rhythmic Beauty
25. Understanding Historical Context Helps Realize That the First Part of "Ai Ying" Actually Refers to the Domestic Situation of Qin's Attack on Danxi in the First Year of King Qingxiang
26. Qing Dynasty Scholars' Explanations of Qu Yuan's Poems Often Go Overboard, Losing the Original Meaning
27. Qu Yuan Was Not a "Shaman Official," and His Poems Were Not "Shamanistic"
28. Each Scholar Faces Different Challenges and Emphasis When Studying Qu Yuan's Poems
29. The Divergence of the Same Myth Often Results from Two Different Characteristics of the Myth Itself
30. The Rhetorical Devices in the Questions of "Tian Wen" Are Varied and Lack Rigidity
31. Reasons Why "Qi Jian" Is Not Mentioned in the "Biography of Dongfang Shuo"
32. Mythological Archetypes in "Tian Wen" and "Zhao Hun" Should Not Be Ignored
Preface and Postface Collection
Letters Left Over
Afterword