《清華陸．鄭文公問太伯》之文本時間與鄭卿考論

The identity of Tài Bó has aroused heated discussions among scholars in "Bamboo Slips of Warring States Period Collected by Qīng Huá University"-"Zhèng Wén-gōng Asked Tài Bó". The author agrees with Wáng Níng's view that Tài Bó is Xiè Jià (Qīng of Zhèng State) in "Zuǒ Zhuán" in 718 B.C. & 716 B. C.; however, Wáng Níng believes that the content of the bamboo slips and its time are open to question. The sentence "Huò bǐ jīng chǒng." on the bamboos slip corresponds to the record in "Zuǒ Zhuán" in 655 B.C. which was the 18^(th) year of Zhèng Wén-gōng. The content of the bamboo slips shows the timeframe should be after Zhèng Wén-gōng intended to make friends with Chǔ State and before he decided to be a partner with Chǔ State. It was in the 3^(rd) to 5^(th) year of Lǔ Xī-gōng and it was also the 16^(th) to 18^(th) year of Zhèng Wén-gōng(657 B.C. to655 B.C.). It was also recorded that the eldest son Huá Cān participated in the Níng Mǔ Alliance with Qí Huán-gōng in "Zuǒ Zhuán" in 653 B. C.; moreover, the name of the Qīng in Zhèng State was quite consistent with the content on bamboo slips, and it was the 20^(th) year of Zhèng Wén-gōng. According to this, it can be inferred that the time mentioned on the bamboo slips should be between the 16^(th) to 18^(th) years of Zhèng Wén-gōng. Comparing bamboo slips and the record of the Qīng in Zhèng State in "Zuǒ Zhuán" in 653 B. C.; it also can be proved that Tài Bó on the bamboo slip was Xiè Jià. Furthermore, it also can be proved that who was the Qīng in Zhèng State from the 16^(th) to 20^(th) year of Zhèng Wén-gōng.