MANUSCRIPTS & READERS
The life of the text
Follow manuscripts, commentators, imperial readings, translation and the language of the received text.
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Mawangdui and the manuscript witnesses
Compare the order and wording of the received and excavated texts.
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Fifteen historical readers
Notice how a single chapter supports different traditions of interpretation.
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Three imperial readings
Read political interpretation beside the actual commentary.
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Legge’s English translation
Consider what nineteenth-century English makes visible and what it leaves difficult.
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The words of the received text
Look at repetition and negation before returning to interpretation.
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