The Politics with Regard to Abdication Theory before the Qin Dynasty

• Main Authors: Li-Ching Hung, 洪麗卿
• Other Authors: Teh-Shiou Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86100508636826560250

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 98 === Abdication is the political system of altruism that features “the talented and virtue are elected” and “the world is shared by all.” According to history books, this kind of system had been prevalent in ancient times. Many records in the ancient books said of it, and among them, Yao and Shun are the most well-known. However, Gu Jiegang has doubted the truth that Yao abdicated the throne to Shun and even doubted whether both of them did exist or not. After the excavation of some bamboo slips of Kingdom Chu, like Guodian Bamboo Slips and Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips, it is proved that the abdication from Yao to Shun had been long existed since the Warring States Period. The thesis applies “dual-evidence method” proposed by Wang Guowei to investigate herited anthology and excavated bamboo slips for records regarding the abdication of Yao Shun, comparing the differences and furthermore, inducing and arranging the reasonability of the historical facts. There are six chapters in the thesis, and the contents are as follows: Chapter one includes the research motifs and purpose, research materials and methods, material studies and expectations and so on. Chapter two generally demonstrates the mythology and legend of Yao Shun. Chapter three makes it clear what Pre-Qin philosophers think to the abdication system. Chapter four includes the translations, divisions and themes of the three slip writings, The Tao of Tang Yu, Zi,Gao Rong Cheng Shi and Ding of Zhongshan Kingdom. Chapter five compares the difference between the records of the herited anthologies and that of the three slip writings, The Tao of Tang Yu, Zi Gao, Rong Cheng Shi and Ding of Zhongshan Kingdom. Chapter six is rise and fall of the doctrine because of the abdication system. Last one is the conclusion. All in all, the main focus of this thesis based on writings and descriptions of Pre-Qin philosophers is to study the highs and lows of abdication system, and the contents of the three excavated slip writings, The Tao of Tang Yu, Zi Gao and Rong Cheng Shi, with the hope to evoke people’s emphasis on the truth of abdication system by doing so.