Title: Textual Criticism on Sima Xiangru's Death in 117 B.C.,and the Logical Relationship on Shih Chi and The History of the Han Dynasty's Chronology and Index Reckoning Method
Abstract: The divergence of when Sima Xiangru died is because the contending parties use different index reckoning method.According to the documents and ancient annotations associated with the research on Sima Xiangru,the thesis demonstrates the logical relationship on Shih Chi and The History of the Han Dynasty's three chronologies and two index reckoning methods.The paper argues this demonstration explored the writing features of the text.The writing features of the text are more important than ancient annotations on the research of textual criticism and the time.The principle of using writing features of the text and ancient annotations is concrete analysis of concrete problems and omnibearing criticism.The thesis comes to the conclusion that Sima Xiangru died in the 6th year of Yuanshou(117 B.C.)based on these academic ideas and methods.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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