The sage as teacher and source of knowledge: editorial strategies and formulaic utterances in Confucius dialogues

0440497 - OÚ 2015 eng J - Journal Article
Weingarten, Oliver
The sage as teacher and source of knowledge: editorial strategies and formulaic utterances in Confucius dialogues.
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques. Roč. 68, č. 4 (2014), s. 1175-1223. ISSN 0004-4717. E-ISSN 2235-5871
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Subject RIV: AB - History

The present article discusses selected dialogues between Confucius and Duke Ai of Lu as well as dialogues in which Confucius employs the phrase “I will tell you” (wu yu ru 吾語汝), mainly to address followers. The analysis focuses on two aspects of the Confucius figure: (1) Confucius as a textual function that serves to integrate and validate disparate textual units within a coherent narrative framework; (2) Confucius as authoritative master who enunciates didactic pronouncements in the presence of his disciples. The latter function is ironically appropriated in Zhuangzi 莊子. The article closes with a reflection on possible future directions of research into uses of the Confucius figure
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