The Chu Bamboo Slip Comments on the Poetry (Shilun): A Perspective of the Early History of the Study of Chinese Classics.

The article presents an examination into the literary-historical consequences of the discovery of the Chu bamboo slip manuscript of "Confucius's Comments on the Poetry," from the Warring States period. The authorship and transmission history of the manuscript is theorized, attributing the work to Zixia, and the work's implications on the criticism of Chinese literature are discussed.