Mu Tianzi Zhuan - Sino-Platonic Papers

YU Taishan, “The Communication Lines between East and West as Seen in the Mu Tianzi Zhuan”
Sino-Platonic Papers, 197 (January, 2010)
1.3 禺知,或與《逸周書·王會解》附“伊尹朝獻篇”所見月氏同源,也很可能與西史
所見 Sakā 四部之一 Gasiani 同源。蓋“禺知”[ngio-tie]得視爲 Gasiani 之對譯。 10
1.3 “Yuzhi” and “Yuezhi” as seen in the “Yiyin Chaoxian” section attached to the
“Wanghuijie” chapter of the Yi Zhoushu, and the Asii, one of the four tribes of the Sakās, as seen
in the Western historical records, possibly came from the same origin. “Yuzhi” [ngio-tie] can be
regarded as a transcription of “Gasiani.” 10
1.4 䣙人、卽同卷所見“無夷”。䣙人或無夷應卽馮夷。 11 《水經·洛水注》引《竹書
紀年》:“洛伯用與河伯馮夷鬭”。雷學淇《竹書紀年義證》卷九:“河、洛,二國名,卽西
河有洛之類。《周禮》所謂澤國也。用與、馮夷,二君名”。胡應麟《少室山房筆叢·三坟
補逸上》:“洛伯、河伯,皆國名也。用與、馮夷,諸侯名也”。馮夷死而爲河神。《莊子·
大宗師》;“馮夷得之,以遊大川”。成疏:“大川,黃河也”。
1.4 “Peng people” is the same as “Wuyi” seen in the same chapter. “Peng people” or
“Wuyi” must have been “Fengyi.” 11 In the Zhushu Jinian, cited by the “Luoshui Zhu” of the
Shuijing Zhu, it is recorded that “Luo Bo (the Earl of the Luo River), Yongyu, struggles with He
Bo (the Earl of the River), Fengyi.” Lei Xueqi’s Zhushu Jinian Yizheng, ch. 9: “Both He and Luo
are the names of the state, just as are Xihe and Youluo. This is the so-called “Ze Guo” (a land
that abounds in rivers and lakes) in the Zhouli. Both Yongyu and Fengyi are names of monarchs.
In the chapter “Sanfen Buyi A” of the Shaoshi Shanfang Bicong of Hu Yinglin, it is stated that
“Both Luo Bo and He Bo are the names of states. Both Yongyu and Fengyi are names of feudal
princes.” Fengyi became a God of the River after he died. In the “Da Zongshi” of the Zhuang Zi,
it is said that “Fengyi gained it (the doctrine or Daoism) and then can swim in the Great River.”
Cheng’s commentary: “Great River refers to the Yellow River."
1.5 河宗氏,封以司河伯之祭政者。 12 《史記·趙世家》:“奄有河宗”。“正義”:“河
宗,蓋在龍門河之上游,嵐、勝二州之地也”。
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