The Bamboo Texts of Guodian （Vol.1）
Cook, Scott, The Bamboo Texts of Guodian: A Study and Complete Translation (Vol.1) , Ithaca: Cornell East Asia Series, 2012. Introduction Cook tries to summarize general themes of Guodian manuscripts. 1, Heaven. Heaven is inconstant and it is fate. 2, The Paths to Virtuous Cultivation. It incorporates some psychophysiological terms, such as xing, xin, qi, qing. 3, Education. Leaders should educate people through ritual and music. 4, The State of Musical Harmony. It is the state of sagacity. Ziyi 缁衣 1 What are “Black robes”? According to footnote 5, “‘Black robes’ describes the formal attire that upper nobility wore to court.” (p.375) Here, “Black robes” and “Xiangbo” are the names of two poems in Shijing . Both refer to the concrete content of the two poems. This chapter talks about a principle of politics, namely, being fond of beauty (worthies) and despising the wicked. 2 As chapter 1 tells, the governor should “hold fondness for the correct and u...