2008Unpublished venueRequires access

Confucius,as "Black Sage","Instituted the Red-natured Han Dynasty in Advance"

Yang Quan

Open publisher page 0 citations

Abstract

The claim that Confucius,as Black Sage,instituted Red-natured Han Dynasty in advance an important aspect of publicity done by esotericists of auguries and Confucian texts that after Yao should be Element of Fire.The scholars in field of and Autumn Annals with Commentaries by Gongyang Gao put forward such a theory that Confucius talked about essence of by way of State of Lu and He was a new king due to his and Autumn Annals,so that Confucius who had not had experience of being a was labeled Crownless King.On basis of theory of Gongyang Gao's school,the esotericists made further bizarre elaboration that Confucius,as anoffspring of black emperor,belonging to Element of Water,could not replace greenness of Zhou Kingdom's Element of Wood and instead,became medium of Han Dynasty after Zhou,and he,as Black Sage,instituted red-natured Han Dynasty in advance.Spring and Autumn Annals and The Book of Filial Piety were chief classics,with which this Black Sage made for Han Dynasty.The story about of a Chinese in westward hunting in and Autumn Annals was an augury of Red is to receives assignment after Green loses its power.In order to relate the of a Chinese unicorn with Red-natured Han Dynasty's receiving assignment,the esotericists adapted story about capture of a Chinese unicorn in a clear-cut way.Thus,the process of Confucius' becoming Black Sage from Crownless King was a process of becoming Master for making law from Designated King.Esotericists,by making Confucius replace Qin Dynasty of his same Element of Water with Intercalary Rule,added an imagined Spring and Autumn Period and got rid of Qin Dynasty,which existed in reality.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

The claim that Confucius,as Black Sage,instituted Red-natured Han Dynasty in advance an important aspect of publicity done by esotericists of auguries and Confucian texts that after Yao should be Element of Fire.The scholars in field of and Autumn Annals with Commentaries by Gongyang Gao put forward such a theory that Confucius talked about essence of by way of State of Lu and He was a new king due to his and Autumn Annals,so that Confucius who had not had experience of being a was labeled Crownless King.On basis of theory of Gongyang Gao's school,the esotericists made further bizarre elaboration that Confucius,as anoffspring of black emperor,belonging to Element of Water,could not replace greenness of Zhou Kingdom's Element of Wood and instead,became medium of Han Dynasty after Zhou,and he,as Black Sage,instituted red-natured Han Dynasty in advance.Spring and Autumn Annals and The Book of Filial Piety were chief classics,with which this Black Sage made for Han Dynasty.The story about of a Chinese in westward hunting in and Autumn Annals was an augury of Red is to receives assignment after Green loses its power.In order to relate the of a Chinese unicorn with Red-natured Han Dynasty's receiving assignment,the esotericists adapted story about capture of a Chinese unicorn in a clear-cut way.Thus,the process of Confucius' becoming Black Sage from Crownless King was a process of becoming Master for making law from Designated King.Esotericists,by making Confucius replace Qin Dynasty of his same Element of Water with Intercalary Rule,added an imagined Spring and Autumn Period and got rid of Qin Dynasty,which existed in reality.

Why it matters

A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

The claim that Confucius,as Black Sage,instituted Red-natured Han Dynasty in advance an important aspect of publicity done by esotericists of auguries and Confucian texts that after Yao should be Element of Fire.The scholars in field of and Autumn Annals with Commentaries by Gongyang Gao put forward such a theory that Confucius talked about essence of by way of State of Lu and He was a new king due to his and Autumn Annals,so that Confucius who had not had experience of being a was labeled Crownless King.On basis of theory of Gongyang Gao's school,the esotericists made further bizarre elaboration that Confucius,as anoffspring of black emperor,belonging to Element of Water,could not replace greenness of Zhou Kingdom's Element of Wood and instead,became medium of Han Dynasty after Zhou,and he,as Black Sage,instituted red-natured Han Dynasty in advance.Spring and Autumn Annals and The Book of Filial Piety were chief classics,with which this Black Sage made for Han Dynasty.The story about of a Chinese in westward hunting in and Autumn Annals was an augury of Red is to receives assignment after Green loses its power.In order to relate the of a Chinese unicorn with Red-natured Han Dynasty's receiving assignment,the esotericists adapted story about capture of a Chinese unicorn in a clear-cut way.Thus,the process of Confucius' becoming Black Sage from Crownless King was a process of becoming Master for making law from Designated King.Esotericists,by making Confucius replace Qin Dynasty of his same Element of Water with Intercalary Rule,added an imagined Spring and Autumn Period and got rid of Qin Dynasty,which existed in reality.

Key concepts: Annals, Emperor, China, Unicorn, Ancient history, Classics, Chinese philosophy, Order (exchange)

Related papers

Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Confucius,as "Black Sage","Instituted the Red-natured Han Dynasty in Advance" — Research Paper | ScholarLens