英文摘要 |
The yin-yang martial texts were unknown to the world since the original manuscripts had been long-lost after the Eastern Han dynasty. Fortunately, a large number of ancient manuscripts pertaining to the yin-yang martial rationale, including the yin-yang Wuxing, shushu (numbers and techniques) and the art of war, were unearthed in recent years. The scholarship of yin-yang martial rationale, hence, becomes a plausible and productive field of research. Some researchers have argued that among the excavated texts, Didian from Yinqueshan and Gailu from Zhangjiashan belong to the category of yin-yang martial text. Different from the preceding means of classification, this study proposes to examine the unearthed texts based on the characteristics of yin-yang martial stance in Hanshu Yiwenzi. By scrutinizing the intension and extension of the idea of yin-yang martial perspective, this essay aims to re-categorize the unearthed texts. This paper discovers that, in addition to Didian and Gailu, several excavated texts—including Tiandibafeng wuxing kezhuwuyinzhi ju from Yinqueshan, “Huangdi fa Chidi” and “Dixing er” in Sunzi’s Art of War, “Yuezhan” and “Dibao” in Sunbin’s Art of War, the three versions of Mawangdui Xingde (jia, yi, bing), and “Jie” in Beida Hanjian—can be justifiably labeled as yin-yang martial texts. As such, this essay substantiates the reasons for the above classification and further analyzes the concept and contour of yin-yang martial rationale. |