Old Text Confucianism

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Confucian school Han dynasty scholarly tradition textual tradition

Old Text Confucianism is a Han dynasty scholarly tradition that interpreted Confucian classics, including the Spring and Autumn Annals, using versions of the texts written in the older script to support a more conservative, historically grounded vision of Confucian doctrine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confucian school ⓘ
Han dynasty scholarly tradition ⓘ
textual tradition ⓘ
aimsTo base doctrine on historical records ⓘ
restore original wording of classics ⓘ
alternativeName Guwen Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guwen jingxue NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDynasty Eastern Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith New Text prophetic readings ⓘ
apocalyptic interpretations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
developedInContextOf Han imperial canon formation ⓘ
emphasizes historical authenticity of texts ⓘ
literal interpretation of classics ⓘ
philological accuracy ⓘ
focusesOn Book of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Odes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classic of Changes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confucian classics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rites classics ⓘ
Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicCenter Han imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDoctrinalOrientation conservative ⓘ
historically grounded ⓘ
hasKeyConcept historical exegesis ⓘ
non-mystical interpretation of classics ⓘ
textual authenticity ⓘ
influenced Qing dynasty evidential scholarship NERFINISHED ⓘ
later classical philology in China ⓘ
influencedBy Qin and early Han manuscript discoveries NERFINISHED ⓘ
pre-Qin Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainPeriod Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
methodologicalFeature attention to archaic characters ⓘ
comparison of manuscript versions ⓘ
historical contextualization of passages ⓘ
opposedTo New Text Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
regardsAsAuthority Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient sage kings ⓘ
relatedToDebate Old Text–New Text controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
authenticity of Confucian classics ⓘ
supports historical precedent in governance ⓘ
more conservative political vision ⓘ
ritual orthodoxy ⓘ
usesScriptType old script ⓘ
pre-Qin script ⓘ

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Spring and Autumn Annals → philosophicalInterpretation → Old Text Confucianism ⓘ