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In Chinese philology, the Old Texts () refer to some versions of the Five Classics discovered during the Han Dynasty, written in archaic characters and supposedly produced before the burning of the books, as opposed to the Modern Texts or New Texts (今文經) in the new orthography. The last half of the 2nd century BC was the period when new versions of the Confucian classics were discovered. Most of these new versions were found in the walls of Confucius’s old residence in Qufu, the old capital of State of Lu, when Prince Liu Yu (d. 127 BC) attempted to expand it into a palace upon taking the throne there. In the course of taking the old wall apart, the restorers found old versions of the ''Classic of History'', ''Rites of Zhou'', ''Yili'', ''Analects of Confucius'' and ''Classic of Filial Piety'', all written in the old orthography used prior to the reforms of the Clerical script. Hence they were called “old texts”. These newly discovered editions had an effect on later Confucianism. ==Terminology== *New Texts : Confucian classics that were reconstructed from surviving copies and scraps. The ''Gongyang Zhuan'' and ''Guliang Zhuan'' commentaries and the ''Classic of Rites'' are called New Texts. *Old Texts : These alternate versions of the classics were found after the New Texts were compiled. Some came from the Confucian family manor while others were found in the imperial archives or in private collections. The ''Rites of Zhou'' and the ''Zuo Zhuan'' commentary are Old Texts. *Forged Old Texts : This only concerns the rediscovered version of ''Classic of History''. During the Jin Dynasty (265–420), Méi Zé (梅賾), a minor official discovered a preface by Kong Anguo and 25 chapters that he claimed were the Old Texts. Suspicions emerged during the Song dynasty but it was not proven until Yan Ruoju circulated his thesis in the Qing dynasty. Recent archaeological recoveries of ancient classics have backed Yan. Huangfu Mi or Wang Su are suspected as the forger. *Received Texts : The version that has been transmitted to the present. It includes the Old Text version of ''Changes'' and ''Poetry'', the New Text version of the ''Yili'', a combined version of the ''Analects'', and the New Text version of ''History'' with the 25 forged chapters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Texts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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