Hui Dong

Hui Dong
( Qingdai xuezhe xiangzhuan )

Hui Dong ( 惠棟  /  惠栋 , Huì Dòng , Hui Tung ; 1697 - 1758 ) was a Confucian scholar and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Wu School during the Qing Dynasty. Hui Dong was from Wu County, Jiangsu Province . He was born into a family of scholars. He studied among his father's disciples, read extensively, and became well acquainted with the Confucian classical scriptures. He failed the official exams and from then on taught almost his entire life as a private scholar. Hui developed the theories of the Hanxue school further, he adhered closely to a philological or textual study of the classics. He created a number of works of enduring importance. His main works include Zhouyi shu周易 述 ( Notes on the Book of Changes (the Zhou) ), Guwen Shangshu kao古文 尚书 考 ( Investigations into the Old Text Version of the Book of History ) and Jiujing guyi九 经 古 义 ( Original meaning of the Nine Classics : Zhouyi周易, Shangshu 尚书, Maoshi 毛诗, Zhouli 周礼, Yili 仪礼, Liji 礼记, Zuozhuan 左传, Gongyang zhuan 公羊 传, Guliang zhuan 谷梁 传, Lunyu 论语).

Fonts (selection)

see. HYDZD bibliography: 2, 9, 51, 52, 57, 87, 194, 2270, 2271, 2272

• Shangshu guyi尚书 古 义 ( Zhaodai congshu昭 代 丛书) - to Shangshu尚书 ( Shu书)
• Chunqiu Zuozhuan buzhu春秋 左传 补 注 ( Huang Qing jingjie ) - for Chunqiu Zuozhuan jijie春秋 左传 集解 ( Zuozhuan左传)
• Gongyang guyi公羊 古 义 ( Zhaodai congshu昭 代 丛书) - for Chunqiu Gongyang jingzhuan jiegu春秋 公羊 经 传 解 诂 ( Gongyang zhuan公羊 传)
• Guliang guyi谷梁 古 义 ( Zhaodai congshu昭 代 丛书) - to Chunqiu Guliang zhuan春秋 谷梁 传 ( Guliang zhuan谷梁 传)
• Liji guyi礼记 古 义 ( Zhaodai congshu jia ji 昭 代 丛书 甲 集) - to the Liji礼记
• Huishi du Shuowen ji惠氏 读 说 文 记 (Xiaoxue leibian 小学 类 编) - to the Shuowen jiezi说文解字 ( Shuowen说 文) by Xu Shen许慎
• Hou Hanshu buzhu后 汉书 补 注 ( Shixue congshu史学 丛书) - to the Hou Hanshu后 汉书 by Fan Ye范 晔

2270-2272:

• Songya biji松 崖 笔记 (Juxuexuan congshu 聚 学 轩 丛书)
• Jiuyaozhai biji九 曜 斋 笔记 (Juxuexuan congshu 聚 学 轩 丛书)
• Jiujing guyi九 经 古 义 (Huailu congshu 槐 庐 丛书)

See also

• Wu school

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The former Wu ('Wuxian') district of Suzhou is now split into the Wuzhong and Xiangcheng districts .
2. ↑ Chinese  漢學  /  汉学 , Pinyin Hànxué , W.-G. Han-hsüeh
3. ↑ See e.g. B. the references from the HYDZD bibliography.
4. ↑ On Guwen Shangshu古文 尚書 cf. chinaknowledge.de: Shangshu 尚書 or Shujing 書 經 .
5. ↑ cf. the article: "Hui Dong", in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian. Kaifeng 2002, p. 607.

literature

• 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
• Article "Hui Tung", in: Arthur Hummel (Ed.) Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period . E-text
• Article "Hui Tung" in: Rodney Leon Taylor, Howard Yuen Fung Choy (Eds.): The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism ( partial online view )