Abstract:
To understand the development of
Confucius's Review on the Book of Songs in Chu, one must know the diffusion and development of the
Book of Songs and Confucianism in Chu. Both of developed at the same historical period.
Confucius' Review on the Book of Songs which reveals Confucian tendency, can be accepted and diffused just for the Confucianism. If the book of
Confucius's Review on the Book of Songs had been accomplished in Chun Qiu Period, it might have been written by Confucius' students after the death after 479bc, and might have been introduced to Chu by RenBuqi or TanTaiMieming after 465 BC. If the book had been accomplished after 376bc, it might have been introduced to Chu after Xuncius as chief in Lanling.It should be between 257BC and 238BC, or even later. But the Chu State mentioned in
bamboo manuscripts from the Shanghai Museum were nobles's burial objects in Zhan State which ended in BC 221, therefore
Confucius's Review on the Book of Songs was to Chu should be finished between BC 257 and BC 221.Synthesizing the overall situation of Chu State mentioned in
bamboo manuscripts from the Shanghai Museum, the latter deduction have more persuasiveness.