2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Comprehensive Study of Qin-Han Bamboo and Wooden Documents in the Warring States Period: the Anda, Tsinghua, Shangbo, and Beida Documents

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Project/Area Number	19H01193
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	Yuasa Kunihiro 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(人文学専攻、芸術学専攻、日本学専攻), 教授 (30182661)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	竹田健二島根大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (10197303) 福田哲之島根大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (10208960) 中村未来福岡大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (50709532)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	中国哲学 / 出土文献 / 竹簡 / 清華簡 / 上博楚簡
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study was conducted from the standpoint of the history of Chinese thought and paleoliterary studies, focusing on newly unearthed literature that has attracted the most attention in Chinese studies. The specific materials studied include the Anhui University collection of Warring States bamboo slips (Anda jian), a Tsinghua University collection of Warring States bamboo slips (Tsinghua jian), the Shanghai Museum collection of Warring States Chu bamboo slips (Shangbochu jian) and the Peking University Collection of Qin and Han slips. The research was planned to be divided into three major parts: (1) exegetical readings of excavated documents at domestic meetings, (2) field investigations at Chinese museums and universities, and (3) academic exchanges with base universities in China. Due to the spread of COVID-19, studies (2) and (3) were not fully implemented. Nevertheless, significant results were achieved through research conducted mainly through domestic meetings of Study (1).
Free Research Field	中国哲学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	発見された多くの資料群を活用することによって新しい学問領域を切り開くことができた。およそ100年前に発見された敦煌文書が世界的に注目されて「敦煌学」という新しい研究領域を創出したように、これら大量の竹簡の整理・解読・研究によって、従来の「哲学」「文学」「歴史」といった学問分野を超える総合的な研究、すなわち「竹簡学」が推進された。またその結果、これまで充分に解明されていなかった中国思想史および古文字学研究の諸課題を解決することができた。