Lady Mu of Xuâs Returning to Her Natal Home in âZaichiâ è¼é¦³ (Gallop): A Comparative Perspective of the Early Scholarship of the Shijing è©©ç¶ (Book of Odes)

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Chapter 6 Lady Mu of Xuâs Returning to Her Natal Home in âZaichiâ è¼é¦³ (Gallop): A Comparative Perspective of the Early Scholarship of the Shijing è©©ç¶ (Book of Odes)

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This study discusses the scholarly interpretations of one particular instance of âreturningâ in ancient China, that of Lady Mu of Xu è¨±ç©å¤«äººto her natal home in the poem âZaichiâ è¼é¦³ (Gallop) (Poem 54) in the Shijing. It examines a selection of leading interpretations and commentaries from the seventh century BCE to the mid-seventh century CE. It investigates two central issues in the authorship and the scholarly reception of Lady Mu of Xuâs home-return: how did early scholars make use of secondary textual resources to identify Lady Mu as both the author and the poetic speaker of âZaichiâ? And how did these scholars interpret Lady Muâs dilemma in returning to her natal domain in âZaichiâ? Conjointly, the authorship and the hermeneutical questions explore and illuminate the oral-textual transition in early China. As shown by the variety of critical responses during the millennial span of literary analysis, this study demonstrates that a hermeneutic movement occurred around the poem: from being considered a fluid, oral poetic piece, it turned into a strong textual entity in its own right, with a stable meaning and an identifiable origin, solidly embedded in a textual culture. This study ends with a brief comparison between the hermeneutic movement in the early scholarship of âZaichiâ and in that of Homer. It observes that while a similar pattern is identifiable in the two traditions, some unique feature of the oral-textual transition remains in the early scholarly reception of the Shijing, as in the case of âZaichi.â

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After Wisdom

Sapiential Traditions and Ancient Scholarship in Comparative Perspective

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ISBN:: 9789004529014

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Part 1 Comparing Greek and Chinese Wisdom Literatures

Part 2 Chinese Wisdom Literature as Seen from Greece

Part 3 Greek Wisdom Literature as Seen from China

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Chapter 6 Lady Mu of Xuâs Returning to Her Natal Home in âZaichiâ è¼é¦³ (Gallop): A Comparative Perspective of the Early Scholarship of the Shijing è©©ç¶ (Book of Odes)

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