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Presents the intellectual world of early medieval Sichuan through a critical biography of historian and classicist Qiao Zhou.
The Talent of Shu reconstructs the intellectual world of early medieval Sichuan through a critical biography of Qiao Zhou, a noted classicist, historian, and official of Shu-Han. Countering conceptions of Sichuan as an intellectual backwater, author J. Michael Farmer provides an analytical narrative history of the significant intellectual and scholarly activity in the region during the late second through third centuries CE.
Qiao Zhou stands as an apt figure to represent the intellectual world of third-century Sichuan. An heir to a long-standing regional intellectual tradition, he was trained in political prophesy, canonical studies, and ancient history, and in true Confucian fashion, employed these skills in the service of the state. While some of Qiao's scholarship, as well as his political engagement, was conservative, he also stands as an innovator in the fields of canonical and historical criticism and local history. As such, he embodies not only the scholarly tradition of Sichuan, but also the intellectual transitions of the age.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Terms and Conventions
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Intellectual World of Early Sichuan
"Civilizing" the Southwest: Intellectual Activity in the Former Han
Observing the Stars: Intellectual Activity in the Later Han
A Three States "Forest of Classicists": Intellectual Activity in Shu-Han
2. The Early Life of Qiao Zhou
The Qiao Family in Ba
Youth and Education
3. Scholarship and the State
The Founding of Shu-Han
Educating the Heir and the Province
Debates on Military Policy
The Fall of Shu-Han
4. Critical Approaches to the Canon
The State of Canonical Studies
Discourse on Truth and Falsehoods in the Five Canonical Texts
Critique of the Ritual Canon The Influence of Qiao Zhou's Canonical Criticism
5. Critical Approaches to Ancient History
The State of Historical Studies
Investigations of Ancient History
Critique of The Grand Scribe's Records and Other Ancient Histories
The Influence of Qiao Zhou's Historical Criticism
6. New Approaches to Local History
The State of Local Historiography
The Local Histories of Qiao Zhou
The Influence of Qiao Zhou's Local Histories
Epilogue
Evaluating the Life of Qiao Zhou
Toward an Intellectual History of Third-Century China
Chronology: The Life of Qiao Zhou
Notes
Bibliography
Index
