That is, within each triad, the "upper" essay falls into a stratum that predates the "middle" essay, which in turn predates the "lower".
To sum up, we can tentatively conclude that the significance of the three versions of each doctrinal essay is primarily chronological: In each triad, the "upper" essay appears to be of earlier date than the "middle" essay, which in turn seems earlier than the "lower" one.
For example, in at least four triads, both the "upper" and "middle" essays fall into the first linguistic group, the "lower" essay falls into the second, and the third is empty.
This theory would explain why the second linguistically defined group contains both three "middle" essays and five "lower" essays (because the arrangement of the original "middle" series has been disturbed), and why the third group comprises only four essays (because the other six are lost).
First proposed by the late Qing dynasty scholar Yu Yue (1821-1907), threehree factions theory holds that the three series of essays — the "upper," "middle," and "lower" essays from each triad — represent the views of three sects into which, according to a passage in Book 50 of the Hanfeizi (ca. 233 BCE), the Mohists split after Mo Di's death.
The question of transcendence continues in these middle-period essays.
In addition, in at least four triads and perhaps more, the division also relates to the essays' origin: The "upper," "middle," and "lower" essays were probably composed by different writers or editors.
"He has this way of adding things as they occur to him, even adding things into the middle of an essay," she said in a telephone interview from her home in Clapham, in south London.
In the middle of the essay, McPhee lists some books that helped him understand the history of the sport: In addition to the magazine Inside Lacrosse, the five books I am most indebted to in this piece of writing are "The Lacrosse Story," by Alexander M. Weyand and Milton R. Roberts (H.
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