Xiao Tong 蕭統 [Hsiao T'ung]

Xiao Tong 蕭統 [Hsiao T'ung] (501-531)

Xiao Tong 蕭統 (501–531), zi Deshi 德施, posthumous name Zhaoming 昭明

Xiao Tong was de oudste zoon van Keizer Wu van Liang. As Crown Prince, Xiao Tong received the best classical Chinese education available and began selecting pieces for his new anthology [de wen xuan] in his early twenties.(wikipedia)

Xiao Tong’s biographies in the Liang shu and Nan shi report that Xiao Tong was a precocious child, and already at the age of three, he began to receive instruction in the Xiao jing and Lun yu. By the age of five, he reputedly could recite the Five Classics from memory. In 509, at the age of nine, he gave a lecture on the Xiao jing in the Shou’an 壽安 Hall, in which he demon- strated a “thorough understanding of the general meaning” of the text. Although precocious feats are commonplaces of Chinese literati’s biographies, they may be true; at least there is no evidence in Xiao Tong’s case to the contrary. (Knechtgens 2014 p1504)

Study of the Wen Xuan enjoyed immense popularity during the Tang dynasty (618–907), and its study rivalled that of the Five Classics during that period. The Wen Xuan was required reading for any aspiring scholar and official even into the Song dynasty. (wikipedia)

Three volumes of the first full English translation of the Wen Xuan have been published by the American sinologist David R. Knechtges, professor emeritus of Chinese at the University of Washington, who aims to eventually complete the translation in five additional volumes.(wikipedia)

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Knechtgens, David R. (1996). Wen Xuan or Selections of refined Literature, Volume III: Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions. Princeton University Press. *
ISBN10: 0691635293

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---, redactie (1987). Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume II: Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas. Princeton University Press. *
ISBN10: 0691630739

---, redactie (1983). Wen Xuan or Selections of refined Literature, Volume I: Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals. Princeton University Press. *
ISBN10: 0691641560

Wang, Ping (2012). The Age of Courtly Writing: Wen xuan Compiler Xiao Tong (501-531) and His Circle. *
ISBN13: 978-9004225220

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