Yan Ying
Yan Ying ( Chinese 晏嬰 / 晏婴 , Pinyin Yàn Yīng , W.-G. Yen Ying ; approx. 589 - 500 BC ), also Pingzhong or Yanzi ( 晏子 , Yen-tzu - "Master Yan"), was a politician and statesman in Qi State under various rulers during the spring and autumn annals . He came from Yiwei (now Gaomi , Shandong Province ). Yan was minister and advisor to the Ling , Zhuang, and Jing Dukes of Qi State .
In the Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian his merits are summarized as follows: “He was famous for his intercession and frugality, as well as for his courageous and skillful admonitions against his ruler. He stood for governing a state through decency in politics and was of the opinion that sovereigns and subjects should be harmonious in their relationships, but could be different in their views. "
Master Yan's Spring and Autumn
The font Yanzi chunqiu ( 晏子 春秋 , Yen-tzu ch'un-ch'iu - "Spring and Autumn of Master Yan") or Yanzi ( 晏子 , Yen-tzu - "Master Yan"), a collection of stories about the life and political activity of the statesman is usually attributed to him. It is an important work from ancient Chinese history in terms of philosophy . Since the Tang period, many scholars have expressed doubts about authorship. The book consists of 215 chapters. Some historians viewed it as a Muslim script because it advocates frugality and in some places criticizes Confucianism . An important edition of this is the one in the Congshu called Sibu congkan with a photographic reproduction of a type print from the Ming Dynasty .
See also
- Mozi
- Ruler of Qi (English)
References and footnotes
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↑ Article: "Yan Ying", in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian , p. 542:
"He was famous for his advocacy and frugality and brave and skillful admonitions against his ruler. He stood for governing a state by propriety in politics and held that sovereign and subjects should be harmonious in relationship, but could be different in views. "
- ↑ On authorship, cf. more recently the work of Olivia Milburn.
- ↑ cf. Article: “Yanzi chunqiu”, in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian , p. 541 f.
- ↑ 活字 本 / movable type edition
- ↑ See e.g. B. the HYDZD bibliography.
literature
HYDZD bibliography:
- Qing Dynasty:
- Sun Xingyan孙星衍: Yanzi chunqiu yinyi晏子 春秋 音 义 ( Jingxuntang congshu经 训 堂 丛书)
- Yu Yue俞 樾: Yanzi chunqiu pingyi晏子 春秋 平 议 ( Zhuzi pingyi诸子 平 议, Chunzaitang quanshu春 在 堂 全书)
- Su Yu苏 舆: Yanzi chunqiu jiaozhu晏子 春秋 校 注 ( Sixian jiang quankan思贤 讲 全 刊)
- more modern:
- Liu Shipei刘师培: Yanzi chunqiu jiaobu晏子 春秋 斠 补 ( Liu Shenshu xiansheng yishu刘申叔 先生 遗书)
- Zhang Chunyi张纯: Yanzi chunqiu jiaozhu晏子 春秋 校 注 ( Zhuzi jicheng , Zhonghua shuju 1978)
- Wu Zeyu吴 则 虞: Yanzi chunqiu jishi晏子 春秋 集 释. ( Zhonghua shuju , 1962)
Further
- Olivia Milburn (translator): The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan , Leiden: Brill. 2016
- Yoav Ariel: The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan , A bilingual edition in 2 vols, Beijing: Renmin University Press 2018
- Rainer Holzer: Yen-tzu and the Yen-tzu ch'un-ch'iu. ( Würzburger Sino-Japonica 10) Peter Lang, Frankfurt 1982, ISBN 978-3-8204-7335-3 (with a German partial translation of the beginning)
- Zhongguo wushenlun shi ( 中国 无神论 史 , Zhōngguó wúshénlùn shǐ ) in: Dangdai Zhongguo xuezhe daibiaozuo wenku 当代 中国 学者 代表作 文库 . Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe 中国 社会 科学 出版社, 2011, ISBN 9787500407560 (2 vols.)
- Stephen W. Durrant: "Yen tzu ch'un ch'iu 晏子 春秋", in: Michael Loewe (Ed.): Early Chinese texts: a bibliographical guide. Berkeley, California: The Society for the Study of Early China & the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 (Early China special monograph series; no. 2), ISBN 1-55729-043-1 , pp. 483-489
- Olivia Milburn: The Textual History of the Yanzi chunqiu in The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan (partial online view)
- 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yan Ying |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 晏嬰; 晏婴; Yen-tzu; Yanzi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Politician and statesman of Qi State |
DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | around 500 BC Chr. |