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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pines, Yuri (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translations and commentary in English ; Xinian sections in Chinese.
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Zuoqiu, Ming. > Zuo zhuan.
China > History > To 221 B.C. > Historiography.
China > History > Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. > Historiography.
China > History > Warring States, 403-221 B.C. > Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the riddle of Zhou historiography
  • Part 1. Rethinking early Chinese history writing
  • Zhou historiography as seen from the transmitted texts
  • Xinian and Zhou historiography
  • Zhou historiography in other newly discovered sources
  • Beyond Sima Qian : new views of Zhou history
  • Chu historiography and Chu identity
  • Part 2. Xinian translation and commentary.