The appearance of the quebi taboo method with a reflection on using bihui to examine Chinese sources
The appearance of the quebi taboo method with a reflection on using bihui to examine Chinese sources

Summary/Abstract: Although it has been traditionally accepted that quebi 缺筆, one of the name taboo (bihui 避諱) methods, appeared in Tang Gaozong’s reign (649 – 683), a number of unexamined examples attest that quebi may have appeared in Tang Taizong’s reign (626 – 649). This advancement enhances the usage of bihui to conduct research and urges us to rethink the 7th-century development of bihui.

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