佛祖統紀 52.71

52.71

In the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang, an imperial decree ordered that Meng Ke (in the seventh year of the Yuanfeng reign, as the Duke of Zou, he accompanied the sacrifices in the Temple of the Former Sage, but at that time he was not included in the ranks of secondary sacrifices), Zuo Qiuming (the Grand Scribe of Lu, contemporary with Confucius, who based the Chunqiu on the chronicles of Lu and authored its commentary as well as the Guoyu), Guliang Chi (a man of Lu in the Zhou who transmitted the Chunqiu), Gongyang Gao (a man of Qi in the Zhou who transmitted the Chunqiu; both Chi and Gao were disciples of Zixia), Fu Sheng (an Erudite under the Second Emperor of Qin; at the age of ninety under Emperor Wen of the Han, he orally transmitted the Book of Documents to Chao Cuo; originally, when Fu Sheng encountered the Qin prohibition of books, he hid the Book of Documents in a wall, and after the Han pacified the realm, twenty-nine chapters were recovered, with which he instructed Zhang Sheng of Jinan and Ouyang Sheng), Mao Chang (an Erudite under King Xian of Hejian of the Han, who took Zixia as master and authored the Mao Commentary on the Book of Songs), Gaotang Sheng (an Erudite in early Han, a man of Lu who transmitted seventeen chapters of the Rites of Officers), Kong Anguo (Grand Protector of Linhuai under Emperor Wu of the Han and eleventh-generation descendant of Confucius, who authored the Commentary on the Book of Documents, the Commentary on the Ancient-Script Classic of Filial Piety, and the Exegesis of the Analects), Dai Sheng (Grand Protector of Jiujiang of the Han, who studied the Rites under Hou Cang), Liu Xiang (Colonel of the Central Ramparts under Emperor Cheng of the Han, who authored the Bielu, Xinxu, and Shuoyuan), He Xiu (who under Emperor Xian of the Later Han specialized in the Gongyang Commentary and authored the Gongyang moshou, Zuoshi gaohuang, and Guliang feiji), Zheng Zhong (Chamberlain for the National Treasury of the Later Han, who carried on the enterprise of his father Xing; when Zheng Kangcheng annotated the Rites of Zhou, the 'Chamberlain for the National Treasury' he cited was Zheng Zhong), Ma Rong (Grand Protector of Nanjun of the Later Han, who annotated the Classic of Filial Piety, Analects, Book of Songs, Book of Changes, Book of Documents, and Three Rites), Lu Zhi (Palace Cadet and Imperial Secretary of the Later Han, who took Ma Rong as master and authored the Zhangju on the Book of Documents and Exegesis of the Three Rites), Zheng Kangcheng (Chamberlain for the National Treasury of the Later Han, who took Ma Rong as master, annotated the Book of Changes, Book of Documents, Three Rites, Analects, Great Commentary on the Book of Documents, the Apocrypha of the Five Classics, and commented on the Mao Songs; he refuted Xu Shen's Divergent Meanings of the Five Classics, doctored He Xiu's Zuoshi gaohuang, uncovered the Gongyang moshou, and cured the Guliang feiji), Fu Qian (Grand Protector of Jiujiang of the Later Han, who authored a Commentary on the Chunqiu), Jia Kui (Palace Attendant of the Later Han, who was luminous in the Zuoshi Commentary and authored its Explanations; Emperor Suzong summoned him to lecture, and he submitted a memorial stating: 'The Zuoshi conveys righteousness toward rulers and fathers, whereas the Gongyang mostly resorts to expedience; furthermore, none among the scholars of the Five Classics have anything to substantiate their claims'), Du Zichun (when Zheng Kangcheng of the Later Han annotated the Rites of Zhou, the 'Grandee Zheng' he cited was Du Zichun), Fan Ning (Grand Protector of Yuzhang of the Jin, who annotated the Guliang Commentary), Du Yu (Senior General Who Pacifies the South and Marquis of Fuyang of the Jin, who annotated the Zuoshi Commentary), Wang Su (General of the Guards and Marquis of Lanting of the Wei, who annotated the Book of Documents, Rites, Mourning Garments, Analects, and the School Sayings of Confucius, expounded on the annotations to the Book of Songs, composed the Shengzheng lun, and challenged Zheng Kangcheng), and Wang Bi (Secretariat Drafter of the Wei, who annotated the Zhou Changes)—these twenty-two individuals were all to receive secondary offerings in the Temple of the Former Sage.