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Abstract
Still neglected by modern research, the "Weft" (or "Apocrypha") contain a wealth of unexploited data relevant to Chinese history in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Sometimes ascribed to Confucius, these texts, whose Chinese name (wei 緯) denotes the crosswise threads of woven fabric, have long been perceived as arcane supplements to the "Classics," called jing 經, the lengthwise threads. Repeatedly prohibited and destroyed, they survive mainly as citations today. This paper focuses on one of them, anonymous, undated, and fragmentary, titled Qiantan ba 潛潭巴. Most of its remnants present extrapolations derived from observed phenomena interpreted as signs. By comparing the observed patterns to the typology of portents in the official monographs on celestial phenomena and the Five Agents of the era, the paper sheds light on the logic at work in the interpretative process.

First full study and translation of Taiping Jing shengjun mizhi (a text from the taoist canon of Ming), this article discusses modern Chinese editions and translations of the text, reviews its paternity and timing problems, investigates its ideology and textual sources and clarifies its literary structure. The analysis reveals an old textual stratum (II or III) and draws parallels between the received text and several traditional taoist texts and their comments, composed during the division period and up to the time of the Tang. The text thus regains its place in the history of Chinese religions in the first millennium of our era. ; International audience The first complete study and translation of the Taiping jing shengjun mizhi (a text from the Ming dynasty Taoist Canon), this paper discusses the modern editions and translations of the text, then re-examines the issues of its paternity and dating, traces its ideology and textual sources, and clarifies its literary structure. This analysis unearths an early textual layer (2nd or 3rd cent.) and establishes parallels between the received text and several Taoist classics with commentaries through the period of division up to the Tang dynasty. The text is thus reinstated in the history of Chinese religions throughout the first millennium of our era. ; First full study and translation of Taiping Jing shengjun mizhi (a text from the taoist canon of Ming), this article discusses modern Chinese editions and translations of the text, reviews its paternity and timing problems, investigates its ideology and textual sources and clarifies its literary structure. The analysis reveals an old textual stratum (II or III) and draws parallels between the received text and several traditional taoist texts and their comments, composed during the division period and up to the time of the Tang. The text thus regains its place in the history of Chinese religions in the first millennium of our era. ; Première étude et traduction complètes du Taiping jing shengjun mizhi (un texte du ...