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The Mingjia & Related Texts: Essentials in the Understanding of the Development of Pre-Qin Philosophy

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Translated and annotated by Ian Johnston and Wang Ping
2020
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
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ESSENTIALS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-QIN PHILOSOPHY

The Mingjia (School of Names) is a notional grouping of philosophers first recorded as such in the Shiji. Their identifying feature was a concern with linguistic issues particularly involving the correct use of names. The origin of this concern is taken to be Lunyu XIII.3. The group, as listed in the Han Shu, comprised seven men living between the sixth and third centuries BC. Only four of these men have extant writings attributed to them (Deng Xi, Yin Wen, Hui Shi and Gongsun Long) and in three of these there are issues of authenticity. Nevertheless, it is an important group for an understanding of the development of pre-Qin philosophy as the men themselves and the concepts they explored feature prominently in the writings of the other schools.

The present work contains four sections: (i) the extant writings of the four men; (ii) all significant references to them in other works up the fourth century AD; (iii) other significant writing on the topics up to that time; and (iv) four appendices on specific issues concerning the school.

Table of Contents

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Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-xii

Introduction

pp. xiii-lii

Key to Abbreviations

pp. liii-lviii

Part I Texts and Translations

I. 1 Deng Xi: Deng Xizi

pp. 2-43

I.2 Yin Wen: Yin Wenzi

pp. 44-113

I.3 Hui Shi’s Conversations with Zhuang Zhou (Zhuangzi)

pp. 116-161

I.4 Paradoxes (Theses) of Hui Shi and Others

pp. 162-197

I.5 Gongsun Long: Gongsun Longzi (Dao Zang Version)

pp. 198-265

I.6 Gongsun Long: Gongsun Longzi (Modern Version)

pp. 266-316

Part II Testimonia et Fragmenta

II.1 Dynastic Histories

pp. 318-339

II.2 Zuo Qiuming: Zuo Zhuan

pp. 340-341

II.3 Zhuang Zhou: Zhuangzi

pp. 342-365

II.4 Xun Kuang/Qing: Xunzi

pp. 366-375

II.5 Han Fei: Han Feizi

pp. 376-385

II.6 Lie Yukou: Liezi

pp. 386-397

II.7 Lü Buwei: Lü Shi Chunqiu

pp. 398-425

II.8 Liu An: Huainanzi

pp. 426-435

II.9 Liu Xiang: Zhanguoce

pp. 436-445

II.10 Huan Kuan: Yantie Lun

pp. 446-447

II.11 Liu Xiang: Shuo Yuan

pp. 448-453

II.12 Liu Xiang and Liu Xin

pp. 454-462

II.13 Yang Xiong: Fa Yan

pp. 463-464

II.14 Huan Tan: Huanzi Xinlun

pp. 465-468

II.15 Feng Yan: “Yu Deng Yu Shu”

pp. 469-470

II.16 Wang Chong: Lun Heng

pp. 471-472

II.17 Gao You: Notes on Lü Shi Chunqiu and Huainanzi

pp. 473-476

II.18 Xu Gan: Zhonglun

pp. 477-478

II.19 Zhongchang Tong: Yin Wenzi “Xu”

pp. 479-480

II.20 Wang Su: Kongcongzi

pp. 481-488

II.21 Fang Xuanling et al.: Jin Shu

pp. 489-492

II.22 Ge Hong: Baopuzi

pp. 493-496

II.23 Liu Yiqing: Shishuo Xinyu

pp. 497-500

Part III Related Texts

pp. 501

III.1 Confucius: Lunyu

pp. 502-512

III.2 Lao Zi: Daodejing

pp. 513-518

III.3 Guan Zhong: Guanzi

pp. 519-522

III.4 Mo Di: Mozi

pp. 523-698

III.5 Zhuang Zhou: Zhuangzi

pp. 699-860

III.6 Xun Kuang/Qing: Xunzi

pp. 861-926

III.7 Han Fei: Han Feizi

pp. 927-930

III.8 Sima Qian: Shiji

pp. 931-934

III.9 Xu Gan: Zhonglun

pp. 935-942

III.10 Ouyang Jian: “Yan Jinyi Lun”

pp. 943-946

III.11 Sengzhao: Zhaolun

pp. 947-952

Appendix 1 Additional Comments on the Paradoxes (Theses) of Hui Shi and Others

pp. 953-972

Appendix 2 Authenticity and Other IssuesRegarding the Gongsun Longzi

pp. 973-1000

Appendix 3 Additional Commentary on the Dialectical Chapters of the Mozi

pp. 1001-1042

Appendix 4 Notes on the Relationship between the Gongsun Longziand the Dialectical Chapters of the Mozi

pp. 1043-1088

Bibliography

pp. 1089-1108

Index

pp. 1109-1122