A Textual Research on the Dispute Related to"Ying Guan Qi Zuo Guan Yu Lao Pen"in"The Historical Records"
There are many issues and controversies in"The Historical Records"regarding"Ying Guan Qi Zuo Zhu Yan Guan Yu Lao Pen".Previous scholars believed that"Lao Pen"referred to two different things,and explained"Lao"as"labor price"or"place".And the sentence is pronounced as a quatrain at the"Zuo"section,and it is broken as"Ying Guan Qi Zuo,Zhu Yan,Guan Yu Lao Pen".The correct defi-nition of"Lao Pen"should be"sturdy basin"."Lao"is an adjective,not a noun.The term"Zuo Zhu"should be interpreted consecutively,meaning"cooking".The sentence should be read as"Ying Guan Qi Zuo Zhu Yan,Guan Yu Lao Pen"(Boiling salt with government tools,provided by the government).
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