청화간 『鄭武夫人規孺子』에 보이는 鄭나라의 군주 계승 양상에 관하여

Abstract

Qinghuajian 『Zhengwufurenguiruzi(鄭武夫人規孺子)』 is one of the bamboo strips written in Warring States Period. It includes a lecture by Wufuren(武夫人) admonished her son Zhuanggong(莊公) while Wugong(武公)’s funeral is going on. Wufuren emphasized that Zhuanggong would leave politics to Wugong’s Dafu(大夫) for a certain period of time because Wugong was able to rule the country well despite difficulties of ‘Danan(大難)’. There was no description of what kind of incident ‘Danan’ meant in the introduction and excavated documents. However Considering the circumstances, this can be regarded as the beginning of the political disturbance during the period between Huangong(桓公) and Wugong. Up until now, Wufuren had been described as a person who was politically opposed to Zhuanggong by encouraging a rebellion within Zheng(鄭), but this story does not contain such contents. Rather Wufuren warned not to change Wugong’s subjects and to follow teachings of Wugong’s Dafu. It appears as a role to emphasize the traditional value of ‘three years' silence(三年不言)’. This model composition of the main story, which has no connection with the conventional literature, suggests that the anecdote of the main story may have been created and handed down in later generations. Therefore, Qinghuajian 『Zhengwufurenguiruzi』 can serve as an indirect medium to examine a cross-section of Zheng's early political conflict that did not appear in the introduction documents.