Title

“Count at Yang” in the Gongyang Commentary : a Speculative Explanation

Author

Yee-yen Lee

Genre

Article  

Pages

123-141

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Language

Chinese

Key words

filius ducalis Yangsheng, Boyuyang, Gongyang Commentary

Abstract

    In this paper, I rebuke the annotation of Hexiu that the appearance of the term “Count at Yang” (Boyuyang) was the outcome of textual errors. Instead, I suggest a more plausible explanation: What the Gongyang Commentary really meant was to tell an episode that the name of filius ducalis Yangsheng was given in memory of his father’s successful military maneuver to escort a dethroned count of Yan into the city of Yang.