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Title: Zhong and ideal rulership in the Baoxun (Instructions for Preservation) text of the Tsinghua Collection of Bamboo slip manuscripts
Related: Dao, Vol. 11, No. 2, (2012), p.129-145
DOI: 10.1007/s11712-012-9266-1
Publisher: Springer
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Chan, Shirley
Description: Zhong (variously translated as "middle," "center," "centrality," "the mean," and "equilibrium") is an important notion in early Chinese thought. This essay offers a brief survey of the possible connotations of zhong found in the Baoxun (Instructions for Preservation) text of the Tsinghua University's Collection of bamboo manuscripts of the Warring States period (475-221 BCE). By making a preliminary textual analysis and philosophical interpretation of the concept of zhong in relation to ideal rulership as presented in this newly discovered ancient text it is hoped that it will shed some light on the continuing debate on the notion of zhong in early Chinese thought.
Description: 17 page(s)
Subject Keyword: Early Chinese thought
Subject Keyword: Qinghuajian (Chinese Source)
Subject Keyword: Rulership
Subject Keyword: Warring States bamboo slip texts
Subject Keyword: Zhong (Chinese Source)
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of International Studies

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