Xing Bing

Xing Bing (; born 932; died 1010), courtesy name Shuming (叔明), was a Confucian scholar and commentator of the Northern Song dynasty.

Life and works Xing was a native of Jiyin 濟陰 in the prefecture of Caozhou 曹州 (today Cao County (Caoxian) in Shandong Province). He was highly proficient in the Confucian Classics.

He wrote commentaries on the Analects (Lunyu 论语), the Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing 孝经), and the Erya (尔雅). His works were among those later referenced in the compilation of the Hanyu da zidian (HYDZD).

His subcommentary (shu) on the Analects discusses the notions of mind, nature, principle, and the Mandate of Heaven. Xing argued that Heaven possessed neither mind nor mandate, rejecting the idea of a personified Heaven.

Works

Lunyu shu 论语疏 (in Shisanjing zhushu) Xiaojing zhushu 孝经注疏 (in Shisanjing zhushu) Erya shu 尔雅疏 (in Shisanjing zhushu)