The Research Of The Titles Of The Thirteen Confucian Classics

From ancient times to the present,the research results of The Thirteen Confucian Classics are voluminous,but the research results of the titles of The Thirteen Confucian Classics are few.In recent years,the academic community has begun to pay attention to the value of ancient book titles,and the study of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics,as Confucian classics,is important for exploring the characteristics and patterns of the early naming of Chinese ancient books,the evolution and promotion of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics,and the changes in the development of Confucianism.The introductory part firstly defines the object of the study,composes the academic history of ancient book names and the current status of the study of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics,and then defines the framework of the study.The first chapter examines the process and reasons for the formation of the titles of the "Five Classics"from common names to proper names;the second chapter compares the evolution of the joint names of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics and the development of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics.The second chapter compares the evolution of the names of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics and discovers the extension and expansion of the framework of the "Five Classics" by studying their causes;the third chapter explores the naming styles of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics and finds that their naming rules mainly include the title of the book by the common name,the title of the book by the four chapter examines the relationship between changes in the naming attributes of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics and changes in Confucianism,and summarizes the influence of the names of the commentaries on the scriptures on the naming of other commentaries.The next six chapters provide a systematic and comprehensive overview of the study of the titles of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics,which are the most controversial cases,namely,Shang Shu,Zhou Yi,Shi Jing,Chun Qiu,Three Confucian Classics on Rites,and Analects.The main contents include a study of the origin and meaning of the titles,the origin,meaning,reasons for the formation of the synonyms and their citation in later times,the relationship between the synonyms,and an attempt to give one’s own opinion on the differences in the views of previous scholars.Based on the work of the previous chapter,the concluding part summarizes the study of the names of the The Thirteen Confucian Classics in more detail,summarizes the naming pattern of the classical texts,supplements the incomplete knowledge of the scholars on the study of the names of the ancient books,and promotes the further development of the study of the names of the ancient books.