Zhou history unearthed : the bamboo manuscript Xinian and early Chinese historiography /
Pines uses a set of bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States period (453-221 BCE) to reappraise early Chinese historiography. He begins with a survey of the field prior to the paleographic revolution, and then explains how these discoveries shed new light on the questions related to the production...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translations and commentary in English ; Xinian sections in Chinese. |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Pines uses a set of bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States period (453-221 BCE) to reappraise early Chinese historiography. He begins with a survey of the field prior to the paleographic revolution, and then explains how these discoveries shed new light on the questions related to the production, circulation and audience of historical texts in early China, their different political, ritual and ideological usages, and their roles in the cultural and intellectual dynamics of China's extraordinarily vibrant pre-imperial age. The second half of the book consists of a translation of Xinian (String of Years) from the state of Chu, the most notable of the new texts. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 333 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231196628 0231196628 9780231196635 0231196636 |