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Historical disputes over the Zhouyi were primarily between different family approaches or schools rather than purely about Ancient versus New Text script differences, and later Confucian exegeses focusing on this textual divide contain significant misunderstandings. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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The study aims to clarify the misconceptions surrounding the Ancient and New Text traditions of the Zhouyi after the Han dynasty.

June 8, 2026

Further Discussion on the Issue of the Ancient and the New Texts of the Zhouyi ¹

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The study aims to clarify the misconceptions surrounding the Ancient and New Text traditions of the Zhouyi after the Han dynasty.
Analyzed Confucian scholarly interpretations of the Zhouyi and addressed historical textual disputes.
Discussed Yang Xiong's context around the lost Changes and related characters to ancient meanings.
Examined historical texts including the Arts and Literature Treatise from Hanshu.
Clarified that Fei Zhi's text of the Changes shares character alignment with ancient texts.
Demonstrated that misunderstandings in Confucian exegeses have persisted, especially regarding textual traditions.
Illustrated that character meanings in early texts remain consistent with their ancient usages.

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This analysis examines textual traditions and interpretations of the Zhouyi, indicating misunderstandings persist across Confucian scholarship.

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Liu Baozhen (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a265ccbad53cfb9357c605d https://doi.org/10.3726/zhouyistudies11_29

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This analysis examines textual traditions and interpretations of the Zhouyi, indicating misunderstandings persist across Confucian scholarship.

Further Discussion on the Issue of the Ancient and the New Texts of the Zhouyi ¹

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Further Discussion on the Issue of the Ancient and the New Texts of the Zhouyi ¹

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