Sima Qian as a Reader of Master Kong's Utterances

Fuehrer, Bernhard

Abstract

Based on selected passages from the Shiji (Records of the Scribes) this paper attempts to shed light on Sima Qian's readings of the utterances of Confucius in the wider context of the early reception history of the Lunyu (Analects). It understands the records and interpretations transmitted in the Shiji as a widely overlooked early hermeneutical attempt to contextualise and clarify the meaning of statements attributed bu Master Kong.

Citation

Fuehrer, B. (2015). Sima Qian as a Reader of Master Kong's Utterances. In H. van Ess, O. Lomová, & D. Schaab-Hanke (Eds.), Views from Within, Views from Beyond: Approaches to the Shiji as an Early Work of Historiography (9-30). Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc771cb.4

• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 14, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 18, 2020
• Pages: 9-30
• Series Title: Lun Wen - Studien zur Geistesgeschichte und Literatur in China
• Book Title: Views from Within, Views from Beyond: Approaches to the Shiji as an Early Work of Historiography
• ISBN: 9783447104760
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc771cb.4