Chu Unearthed Ancient Imperial System Of The Legend Of The Times In The Warring States Literature Study

This thesis researched the problems about the systems of legendary kings in warring state, using Chu bamboo slips unearthed in recent years. This research was based on the results mainly yielded by the school of Gushibian 古史辨.The first part of this thesis discussed the legend about Yao 尧 and Shun 舜. In this part, we rearranged the order of the bamboo slips of Rongchengshi 容成氏 in certain sections, mainly holding that slip 31 and slip 32 should be removed to the part of the period before Yao 尧. The word Youwutong 又吴迵 appears twice in Rongchengshi 容成氏 should be understood as Youyutong 有虞迵, a name of an legendary king belongs to the clan of Youyu 有虞. We also held that Rongchengshi 容成氏 offers new evidence to the theories of "Both Yao 尧 and Shun 舜 belong to Yu 虞 dynasty" and "The clan of Taotang 陶唐 is a duke in Yu 虞 dynasty and before", raised by Tongshuye 童书业 and Yangkuan 杨宽. In this part, we also held that the pedigree of the family of Shun 舜 in Dixi 帝系 was made to lay a foundation to establish the status of Shun 舜 in the system of five kings, therefore it appeared probably late.The second part of this thesis discussed the systems about legendary kings before Yao 尧 and Shun 舜. We consented the result that the statement of Xie 契 and Houji 后稷 are the son of Diku 帝喾 and Yu 禹 is the son of Gun 鲧 and the grandson of Zhuanxu 颛顼 appeared late in history, yielded by Qiuxigui 裘锡圭 on the legend of three Kings' (Yu 禹, Xie 契 and Houji 后稷 born noted in Zigao 子羔 of Shanghai museum Chu 楚 bamboo silps. We also discussed some problems in Chu 楚 slips related to Rongchengshi 容成氏, Tangyuzhidao 唐虞之道 and some other articles.The third part of this thesis discussed the systems about legendary kings of Chu 楚. We talked about the name of Zhuanxu 颛顼 appeard in Xincai 新蔡; bamboo slips and the relation between Zhuanxu 颛顼 and the system of Chu 楚 ancestors. Besides this, we researched the problems about Chuxian 楚先 and Sanchuxian 三楚先, the sex and status of Laotong 老童. and the relation between Zhurong 祝融 and Yuxiong 鬻熊.