Abstract

Guodian Chu tomb with Mawangdui III transcript has a different "I" buried with a variety of Confucian classics, and try for two burials, may reflect two burial tomb of Chu during the academic status of a blend of Confucianism and Taoism . and most likely was a popular Confucian doctrine is quite common and representative one. Preliminary view, the subject lot and "Mencius", there are echoes of the place. CD Guodian simplified version have been without that, this silk In addition to scripture, the scripture from Section VI and have said the following. Wen said the solution by solid and more, of course, also against off; such as: text try and Chong "sacred", said the text the partial dump righteousness. Verse to "thinking" that benevolence, wisdom, St., righteousness, propriety is not inside, outside the great benevolence within the meaning of justice; that the text uses a "gas" release benevolence, righteousness, propriety, San, Chi was not among them; and over search text, but not any real "gas" or similar concepts. General inference Simeng School for the works that illustrates the text more kind, or a more intimate, scripture fear not at all. Archeological discoveries at Guo Dian, Hubei and Ma Wang Dui in Hunan have given us many different versions of the Lao Zi and Confucian material. The Five Elements parts found in both excavations reflect the mutual influence of Daoism and Confucianism of the time. The "Five Elements "could have well been a very common and representative Confucian work of the time. At first glance, this Five Elements chapter seems to be tied in with the Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean. The Guodian version of the" Five Elements ", however, contains text but no commentary. The Ma Wang Dui Silk Scroll version of the Five Elements contains the text and commentary on the sixth section. The commentary is consistent in some places and others not so consistent with the text. For example, the text esteems what is "sagely" while the commentary leans toward "benevolence" and "righteousness" . The text proceeds from "thought" in explaining "benevolence" , "wisdom" , "righteousness" and "propriety" . The commentary, on the other hand, proceeds from the notion of "Qi" in explaining "benevolence", "righteousness", "propriety", "sageliness" and "wisdom". The text itself has no mention of the concept of "Qi". Those who advocate that the Five Elements chapter is a work of the school of Mencius, must take into account these discrepancies between the text and the commentary