ScholarLens Back to search
2001•Unpublished venueRequires access

Eason and Enlightenment: Towards the Study of Confucian Classics

Zheng Jie-wen

Open publisher page 0 citations

Abstract

The ancient Chinese classics studies, which evolved from Western-Han's Jin-Wen to Eastern-Han's GuWen, Wei-Jin's WangXue, annotational studies in Six-Dynasty Period, Song-Ming's rationalism and to Qing's textual studies, underwent four vibrating developments. The main reasons lie in the periodic variations of social and cultural needs, and the contradiction between implementing social values of Confucian and pursuing academic taste of Confucian classics, as well as the contextual traits of classics, especially the multi-meanings of Chinese language and characters. All of above demonstrates that we should pay more concerns in society and down-to-earth to improve our Sinology studies in the 21th century.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

The ancient Chinese classics studies, which evolved from Western-Han's Jin-Wen to Eastern-Han's GuWen, Wei-Jin's WangXue, annotational studies in Six-Dynasty Period, Song-Ming's rationalism and to Qing's textual studies, underwent four vibrating developments. The main reasons lie in the periodic variations of social and cultural needs, and the contradiction between implementing social values of Confucian and pursuing academic taste of Confucian classics, as well as the contextual traits of classics, especially the multi-meanings of Chinese language and characters. All of above demonstrates that we should pay more concerns in society and down-to-earth to improve our Sinology studies in the 21th century.

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 ancient Chinese classics studies, which evolved from Western-Han's Jin-Wen to Eastern-Han's GuWen, Wei-Jin's WangXue, annotational studies in Six-Dynasty Period, Song-Ming's rationalism and to Qing's textual studies, underwent four vibrating developments. The main reasons lie in the periodic variations of social and cultural needs, and the contradiction between implementing social values of Confucian and pursuing academic taste of Confucian classics, as well as the contextual traits of classics, especially the multi-meanings of Chinese language and characters. All of above demonstrates that we should pay more concerns in society and down-to-earth to improve our Sinology studies in the 21th century.

Key concepts: Sinology, Rationalism, Enlightenment, Taste, Contradiction, Literature, Chinese language, Period (music)

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Eason and Enlightenment: Towards the Study of Confucian Classics — Research Paper | ScholarLens