Huainanzi Zhengjian Yan Tie Lun Yao Shi

Author: Yang Shudu
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Among those who studied the Huainanzi, after Xu Shen and Gao You of the Han Dynasty, Wang Niansun and Yu Yueshi of the Qing Dynasty achieved the most outstanding results. In the early years of the Republic of China, Wu Chengshi, Shao Ruiping, and Yang Shudu established the Xuesbian Society in Beijing to discuss the study of phonology and textual criticism. All three studied the Huainanzi, and Yang Shudu's Zhengwen of the Huainanzi followed their footsteps, becoming even more refined and eventually published for posterity. In this work, Yang Shudu bases his analysis on etymology, uses the study of phonology to resolve the rigidity of etymological interpretations, and then applies grammatical and rhetorical analysis to uncover the true meaning. Essential Explanations of the Yanji Lun provides a meticulous interpretation and textual commentary on the Yanji Lun from the perspectives of textual analysis and phonology, correcting the errors of past scholars in explaining the Yanji Lun and elucidating its original meaning.