The Research of the Final Stanza of"Da Wu":Based on the Song Edition of Collected Annotations or Commentaries of The Spring and Autumn Annals and the Wangjiazui Chu Bamboo Slips
The number of sections,titles,and order of"Da Wu"have always been a topic of debate.Regarding the order of"Wu"in"Da Wu",there are generally three viewpoints:the first stanza,the second stanza and the final stanza.Some scholars who hold the first stanza theory and the second stanza theory think that the words of Chuzi,"Wu is the final stanza",recorded in the present edition of the Chronicle of Zuo is incorrect,and there are discrepancies between the current version and the Song edi-tion.However,based on the existing the Song edition of Collected Annotations or Commentaries of The Spring and Autumn Annals,when Zhu Xi compiled the Shi Ji Zhuan,the Song edition of the Chronicle of Zuo circulating at that time did record the words of Chuzi as"Wu is the final stanza".The newly unearthed The Book of Songs in Wangjiazui Chu bamboo slips further proves that"Wu"is indeed the final stanza of"Da Wu".
"Da Wu"the Song edition of Collected Annotations or Commentaries of The Spring and Autumn AnnalsWangjiazui Chu bamboo slipsThe Book of Songs