A Confucian Magnate's Idea of Political Violence: Hsün Shuang's (128-190 a.D.) Interpretation of the Book of Changes

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A CONFUCIAN MAGNATE'S IDEA OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE: HSÜN SHUANG'S (128-190 A.D.) INTERPRETATION OF THE BOOK OF CHANGES BY CH'I-YÜN CH'EN I. INTRODUCTION During the latter part of the second century, when the political persecution commanded by the palace eunuchs against the self-right- eous scholar-officials (ch'ing-liu or pure-stream) was at its height, Hsun Shuang fi # produced a complete set of Commentaries to the Confucian Canons. Among his works were a Li-chuan (Commentary to the Book of Rites), a I-chuan Y, f,4. (Commentary to the Book of Change), a Shih-chuan f4 (Commentary to the Book of Poetry), a Shang-shu cheng-ching ?