A textual research on the chapter Yao copied on silk

With reference to the five kinds of interpretations of the chapter Yao (Essentials) on excavated silk already published and historical facts, as well as with certain rectifications and amendments, this paper makes a thorough textual research on this chapter word by word. On the basis of this, the paper divides the whole chapter into nine sections, with each section divided into three parts of text,textual research, and interpretations. In addition, this paper sets forth its views on some related issues, pointing out that the original subjects of the two chapters named as Yi zhi yi (Connotations of the Yi) and Xi Ci were most probably named as Yi (Connotations) and Tian zun (Veneration of Heaven); Shang-shu was a common noun in the pre-Qin Period and became a special noun after Fu sheng, a famous scholar in the earlier Han Dynasty; There most probably existed no relationship of origin between Yao copied on silk and Xi Ci in current version, they might share the same origin, or had different foundations; and so on.