He Xiu (Han Dynasty)

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He Xiu ( 何 休 , Hé Xiū , Ho Hsiu ; born 129 ; died 182 ) was a Chinese philosopher and philologist during the Later Han Dynasty . He was a famous exponent of the new text school ( Jinwen jingxue ). He rose to become the emperor's chief adviser. He is the author of statements on Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals ( Gongyang zhuan ), entitled Chunqiu Gongyang jiegu春秋 公羊 解 詁, which was part of the Hou Hanshu . Many of his works have been lost or only partially preserved. He was influenced by Dong Zhongshu (ca. 179-104 B.C.E.). His theory of the Three Ages ( 三世 說  /  三世 说 , Sānshìshuō ), had a decisive influence on the development of the utopian theory of Kang Youwei (1858–1927). According to He Xius' theory, Confucius tried to bring the whole world to peace and order by working out of its own situation and moving the "age of decay and disorder" into the age of "approaching peace" and finally into the " Age of Universal Peace ”.

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ One of the three commentaries on the spring and autumn annals ( 春秋 三 傳  /  春秋 三 传 , Chūnqiū sānzhuàn ), the others are Zuozhuan ( Zuo's commentary ) and Guliang zhuan ( Guliang's commentary ).
  2. ↑ cf. 春秋 公羊 傳 註疏 (Wikisource)
  3. ↑ On the three-stage doctrine of the historical development of He Xiu, cf. "Sān Shì Shuō", in: Metzler Philosophy Lexicon , edited by Peter Prechtl, Franz-Peter Burkard. 1999, p.521 . - The Chinese terms for sanshi三世 are: juluanshi据 乱世, shengpingshi 升平世 and taipingshi太平 世.
  4. ↑ Article: “He Xiu”, in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian. Kaifeng 2002, p. 379 ("by working out from his own state" and by transforming the "age of decay and disorder" into that of "approaching peace," and finally into "that of universal peace").

literature

  • 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
  • Rodney Leon Taylor, Howard YF Choy: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism. 2005, Volume IA – M ( partial online view )
  • Article: “He Xiu”, in: Rafe de Crespigny : A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms. 2006 ( partial online view )
  • Joachim Gentz: The Gongyang zhuan. Interpretation and canonization of the spring and autumn annals (Chunqiu). Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2001 (Opera Sinologica 12)

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personal data
SURNAME Hey Xiu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 何 休
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese philosopher and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH 129
DATE OF DEATH 182