From Collaborative Exhibition to Joint Excavation - A View on Asia at the Shanghai Museum -

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 9-35
Author(s):  
Jie Chen,
Keyword(s):  
Shanghai Museum

A First Reading of the Shanghai Museum Bamboo-Strip Manuscript of the Zhou Yi

Early China ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Feature ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Shanghai Museum ◽  
Final Question ◽  
Zhou Yi

This study introduces a bamboo-strip manuscript of the Zhou Yi or Zhou Changes purchased by the Shanghai Museum in 1994. The fragmentary manuscript includes 58 strips, about one-third of the received text of the Zhou Yi. Orthographic features suggest that it was copied in the southern state of Chu about 300 B.C.E. Although the manuscript includes numerous orthographic variants vis-à-vis the received text, it does show that the text was stable by this date of copying. The most unusual feature of the manuscript is a pair of symbols written after the hexagram name and at the end of the hexagram text. Although several explanations of these symbols have been advanced, none of them appears to be convincing to date. A final question about the manuscript concerns the sequence of hexagrams in it. Since the binding straps of the manuscript had already decayed and the strips become disordered, and since each hexagram text begins on a new bamboo strip, no sequence is apparent. However, the physical circumstances of the strips, especially the points at which they are broken, may suggest that the sequence was more or less similar to that of the received Zhou Yi.

On exegesis methods of Warring States bamboo-slip manuscripts

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Qi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Tsinghua University ◽  
Warring States ◽  
Shanghai Museum ◽  
Study Results ◽  
New Research

With the continuous publication of Guodian bamboo-slip manuscripts, Shanghai Museum bamboo-slip manuscripts and Tsinghua University bamboo-slip manuscripts, the study of Warring States bamboo-slip manuscripts has become a new research focus in recent years. Exegesis study is one of the most important aspects in bamboo-slip manuscripts research. As can be seen from those exegesis study results, it is found that some of them are widely accepted. However, some results are debateable. Furthermore, in many cases it is difficult to provide clear answers in exegesis study. Therefore, it is necessary to summarize the exegesis methods of these accepted and debateable results. Also, theoretical guidance for future research needs to be provided. This article will discuss applying traditional exegesis methods into exegesis study. Then it will discuss applying the special features of Warring States bamboo-slip manuscripts into exegesis study. Finally, it will discuss some problems which should be emphasized in exegesis study.

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