Dong Zhongshu, a "Confucian" Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu

Document Outline

• Contents
• Prefatory note
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
  • Appendix: Evaluations of Dong Zhongshu in Western writings
• Chapter One The historical and intellectual background
• Chapter Two Dong Zhongshu’s life and reputation
  • Accounts in primary sources
  • Dong Zhongshu as seen in subsequent writings
  • Dong’s reactions to his own times and his subsequent influence
  • Summary
  • Appendix
    • 1. Chronological problems
    • 2. A passage in the Lunheng
• Chapter Three Dong Zhongshu’s writings
  • The Three Rescripts and Responses
  • Agriculture and taxation
  • Relations with the Xiongnu
  • Dong Zhongshu’s fu
  • A letter addressed to Gongsun Hong
  • The imperial cults
  • Decisions in legal cases
  • Summary
  • Appendix
    • 1. The three responses; Ban Gu’s part
    • 2. Treatment of the three responses in the Qian Han ji and the Zizhi tongjian
    • 3. The Gu wen yuan
    • 4. Land holdings
• Chapter Four Subjects discussed in Dong Zhongshu’s writings
  • The explanations of abnormalities
  • The recruitment of officials; training
  • The foundation of schools
  • The academicians and their pupils
  • The Chunqiu
  • Continuity and change: past and present
  • Dong Zhongshu’s attack on certain figures
  • The promotion of Kongzi
  • Control of the rain
  • Su wang 素王
  • Yitong一統
  • Summary
  • Appendix
    • 1. Zhufu Yan’s treatment of Dong Zhongshu
    • 2. Dong Zhongshu and the kings
    • 3. The authenticity of Lunheng 16 (47 ‘Luan long’)
    • 4. Seasonal differences in the ritual for seeking rain
• Chapter Five Textual transmission and authenticity of the Chunqiu fanlu
  • The term fanlu
  • Authorship and textual validity
  • Prints and editions
  • Hypothesis
  • Appendix
    • 1. Huang Zhen’s examples of flawed argumentation
    • 2. Readily available editions
• Chapter Six The chapters of the Chunqiu fanlu and their contents
  • Diversity of subject matter
  • Summary of subjects of pian nos. 1 to 82
  • Appendix
    • 1. Pian 32 Dui Jiaoxi wang Yue dafu bu de wei ren
    • 2. The terms quan 權 and jing 經
• Chapter Seven Subjects and problems of the Chunqiu fanlu
  • Yin Yang and Wu xing
  • The imperial cults (jiao 郊)
  • Substance (zhi 質) and pattern (wen 文)
  • The term yu ying 玉英
  • The natural order (shu 數) of heaven
  • Summary
• Chapter Eight Pian no. 23 of the Chunqiu fanlu ‘San dai gai zhi zhi wen’ 三代 改制質文
  • San tong 三統
  • The rulers of mythological history: San wang 三王, Wu di 五帝 and Jiu huang 九皇
  • The Gongyang zhuan and Woo Kang’s interpretation
  • The Baihu tong
  • The Wei shu 緯書
  • Titles and ranks
  • An ordinance and its date
  • Summary
  • Appendix: Translation of Chunqiu fanlu 23 ‘San dai gai zhi zhi wen’
• Chapter Nine Conclusion
• List of works cited
• Index