Zheng Xuan wrote a large number of works in all his life. Now according to a textual research, his works added up to 54 kinds, among which, annotated, were 32 kinds, 15 kinds of Confucian Classics, 10 kinds of Weishu ...Zheng Xuan wrote a large number of works in all his life. Now according to a textual research, his works added up to 54 kinds, among which, annotated, were 32 kinds, 15 kinds of Confucian Classics, 10 kinds of Weishu (books about charms, omens, etc. circulated as appendices to the classics) and 6 kinds of miscellaneous works, besides, 23 kinds of works Zheng Xuan authored by himself. In addition, there were 2 kinds his disciples gathered. As to the sequence of his writing scholarly works, on the whole he first annotated all kinds of Weishu, and then annotated all kinds of Confucian classics. In the 14 years when he was subjected to the interdiction of party politics he wrote more works than any other period and just accomplished Three Books of Rites with annotations and attained perfection in learning.展开更多
One of the most important annotators of Wei Shu after Zheng Xuan, Song Jun is, however, not the one and the same figure according to the records of Chinese history monographs. And consequently we are not sure that whi...One of the most important annotators of Wei Shu after Zheng Xuan, Song Jun is, however, not the one and the same figure according to the records of Chinese history monographs. And consequently we are not sure that which Song Jun has annotated Wei Shu. The present article holds Song Jun, the genuine annotator, was born at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and died at the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. He, as a scholar-official of the Wei Dynasty, has probably subjoined the edition of Wei Shu already annotated by Zheng Xuan.展开更多
文摘Zheng Xuan wrote a large number of works in all his life. Now according to a textual research, his works added up to 54 kinds, among which, annotated, were 32 kinds, 15 kinds of Confucian Classics, 10 kinds of Weishu (books about charms, omens, etc. circulated as appendices to the classics) and 6 kinds of miscellaneous works, besides, 23 kinds of works Zheng Xuan authored by himself. In addition, there were 2 kinds his disciples gathered. As to the sequence of his writing scholarly works, on the whole he first annotated all kinds of Weishu, and then annotated all kinds of Confucian classics. In the 14 years when he was subjected to the interdiction of party politics he wrote more works than any other period and just accomplished Three Books of Rites with annotations and attained perfection in learning.
文摘One of the most important annotators of Wei Shu after Zheng Xuan, Song Jun is, however, not the one and the same figure according to the records of Chinese history monographs. And consequently we are not sure that which Song Jun has annotated Wei Shu. The present article holds Song Jun, the genuine annotator, was born at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and died at the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. He, as a scholar-official of the Wei Dynasty, has probably subjoined the edition of Wei Shu already annotated by Zheng Xuan.
