For example, King Wen of Zhou 周文王 or Kong Wenzi 孔文子 ( Analects 5.15 ). Wen 文 "written character literature refinement culture" is an infrequent Chinese surname, and hence Wenzi is interpretable as "Master Wen." Wen is also frequently used in given names, posthumous names, et cetera, due to its positive connotations. The title Wenzi 文子 "Master Wen", suffixed with -zi 子 "child person master (title of respect)", is analogous with other Hundred Schools of Thought texts like Mozi, Zhuangzi, Guiguzi, and Baopuzi. The text's fate changed in 1973, when archeologists excavated a 55 BCE tomb and discovered remnants of a Wenzi copied on bamboo strips, which offer us a glimpse of what the text looked like prior to its drastic revision into the current text. However, soon afterwards scholars started questioning its authenticity and dismissing it as a forgery that was created between the Han dynasty and the Tang dynasty. 'True Scripture of Understanding the Mysteries') in the year 742 CE. The text was widely read and highly revered in the centuries following its creation, and even canonized as Tongxuan zhenjing ( Chinese: 通玄真經 pinyin: Tōngxuán zhēnjīng Wade–Giles: T‘ung-hsüan chên-ching lit. ' Master Wen') is a Daoist classic allegedly written by a disciple of Laozi. The Wenzi ( Chinese: 文子 pinyin: Wénzǐ Wade–Giles: Wen-tzŭ lit.
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