Wang Xianshen (Chinese: 王先慎; pinyin: Wáng Xiānshèn; Wade–Giles: Wang Hsien-shen; 1859–1922), courtesy name (zi) Huiying (慧英), was a scholar of the late Qing dynasty. He was a native of Changsha, Hunan. He was the younger brother of the eminent scholar Wang Xianqian[1] (1842–1918).[2]
Han Feizi jijie
edit
Wang Xianshen is best known as the author of a critical edition of the Han Feizi, the Han Feizi jijie (simplified Chinese: 韩非子集解; traditional Chinese: 韓非子集解; Wade–Giles: Han Fei-tzu chi-chieh; in 20 juan), a work attributed to the important Legalist thinker of the Warring States period. His edition, which includes Wang's own preface, was first published in 1896 and reprinted several times. It was later incorporated into the collection Zhuzi jicheng, a standard source also used by the Hanyu da zidian (HYDZD).[3]
Wang based his work primarily on a Song dynasty edition of the text, incorporating emendations and annotations by Qing dynasty scholars. The edition contains an essay discussing the authenticity of the Han Feizi, as well as a collection of fragments attributed to Han Fei.[4]
Selected works
edit- Han Feizi jijie 韩非子集解 (in Zhuzi jicheng, Zhonghua shuju, 1978)
See also
edit- Liang Qixiong 梁启雄 (1900–1965)
References
edit- ↑ Wang Xianqian (王先謙/王先谦) authored, among other works, the Collected Commentaries on the Xunzi (Xunzi jijie 荀子集解), the Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi jijie 庄子集解), and a supplementary commentary on the Book of Han (Hanshu buzhu 汉书补注).
- ↑ book.douban.com: Han Feizi jijie 韩非子集解.
- ↑ See Hanyu da zidian, bibliography, no. 28.
- ↑ Jean Levi: “Han fei tzu 韓非子”, in: Early Chinese Texts, pp. 121–122.
Further reading
edit- Levi, Jean (1993). "Han fei tzu 韓非子". In Loewe, Michael (ed.). Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (PDF). Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China; Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. pp. 115–124. ISBN 1-55729-043-1.
External links
edit- Han Feizi jijie 韩非子集解 - Chinese Text Project
- Works by Wang Xianshen (王先慎) at archive.org