被創造的“三監之亂”的記憶 — 以與周公旦的關係為中心 —

Abstract

Centered around the relationship with Duke Zhou, this paper discusses the changes occurred to the images of what is known to the later generations as Rebellion of the Three Supervision, which took place in early Zhou Dynasty. According to History of the Zhou Dynasty from Shi Ji, after King Wu of Zhou died, Duke Zhou acted as regent. Duke Cai, Duke Guan and other brothers of King Wu of Zhou questioned Duke Zhou, and rebelled against him together with Wu Geng. In the end, Duke Zhou killed Wu Geng and Duke Guan, and exiled Duke Cai. However, many scholars have pointed out that in different texts the Rebellion is recorded distinctively. One of the distinction is the movement of Duke Zhou. One theory with the most representativeness is that defamed by others, Duke Zhou Ju Dong (lived in the East) and he Zheng Fa (led the war against the rebels) himself. The Ju Dong theory and the Zheng Fa theory both came into shape during the Warring States Period, and these two theories haven’t coexisted in the same text, which indicates that the authors of the texts deny the coherence of the two theories. However, since Han Dynasty, there have been endeavors to deal with the contradiction of these two theories, especially by some scholars specialized in Confucian canons. Based on the belief that all textual records must somehow be true to certain extent, they take painstaking effort to eliminate the contradiction of various textual records and extract the truth of the Rebellion. However, the author of this paper does not believe in the possibility to shed light to the truth of the Rebellion, and the paper attributes the endeavor to eliminate the contradictions to the thinking pattern not uncommon in the field of Confucian canon study