英文摘要 |
This article reevaluates Zheng Xuan’s 鄭玄 interpretation of the “Da siyue” 大司樂 chapter in the “Offices of Spring” section of the Rites of Zhou. Few scholars have paid attention to the ways in which Zheng Xuan understands the relationship between the three kinds of sacrifices (三大祭) and the twelve tones in this chapter. In the field of ancient Chinese music history, scholars tend to explain the “Da siyue” according to the later musical theories of the Tang dynasty, thereby dismissing Zheng Xuan’s work. I would like to suggest, however, that many transmitted texts and excavated materials from early imperial China strongly support Zheng Xuan’s commentary. Various records from transmitted texts, including the “Lǜ shū” and “Tiān guān shū” chapters of the Shǐjì 《史記.律書》 《史記.天官書》 and the “Tiānwén xùn” chapter of the Huáinánzi 《淮南.天文訓》 are similar, in that they all contain similar correspondences between the earthly branches 地支, the twelve months 十二月分, and the twelve tones十二律. In addition, evidence from bamboo and wooden slips, particularly the excavated “cosmic boards” (shi 式) from, e.g., Húběi zhōujiātái qín jiǎn湖北周家臺秦簡, Gānsù wǔwēi mó zi zuǐzi tomb 62甘肅武威磨子嘴子62號墓, Ānhuī fùyáng shuāng gǔ duī tomb 1安徽阜陽雙古堆1號墓 and Gānsù tiānshuǐ fàng mǎ tān qín jiǎn甘肅天水放馬灘秦簡 also bear resemblance to the transmitted texts mentioned above, implying the possibility of relating them through the same cosmological principle. The way the cosmic boards present cosmology can help us utilize transmitted texts to explain the ideas in Zheng Xuan’s commentary. |