Publication
Imprint: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1997. Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. Responsibility: OCLC Number: 469813219. Physical: ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliographic references, index.
Call number
Commentary / Shaug
ISBN
0791433781 / 9780791433782
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named works: Chinese Classics : Classic of Changes : Venerated Documents : Classic of Poetry : Book of Changes : Bamboo Annals :
Description: "Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the Classic of Changes, the Venerated Documents, and the Classic of Poetry. By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins."-- from Jacket.
Contents:
Marriage, divorce and revolution : reading between the lines of the Book of changes --
"New" evidence on the Zhou conquest --
On the authenticity of the Bamboo annals --
The Duke of Zhou's retirement in the east and the beginnings of the minister-monarch debate in Chinese political philosophy --
The role of Grand Protector Shi in the consolidation of the Zhou conquest --
From liturgy to literature : the ritual contexts of the earliest poems in the Book of poetry --
The composition of "Qian" and "Kun" hexagrams of the Zhouyi --
How the poetess came to burn the royal chamber.
FY2017 /
Description: "Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the Classic of Changes, the Venerated Documents, and the Classic of Poetry. By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins."-- from Jacket.
Contents:
Marriage, divorce and revolution : reading between the lines of the Book of changes --
"New" evidence on the Zhou conquest --
On the authenticity of the Bamboo annals --
The Duke of Zhou's retirement in the east and the beginnings of the minister-monarch debate in Chinese political philosophy --
The role of Grand Protector Shi in the consolidation of the Zhou conquest --
From liturgy to literature : the ritual contexts of the earliest poems in the Book of poetry --
The composition of "Qian" and "Kun" hexagrams of the Zhouyi --
How the poetess came to burn the royal chamber.
FY2017 /
Physical description
ix, 262 p.; 23 inches
Description
"Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the Classic of Changes, the Venerated Documents, and the Classic of Poetry. By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins."--Jacket.
Original language
English
User reviews
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Very interesting argument that the Zhou (Chou) conquest of the Shang was much more
violent than the idealized version in later
Confucian writings made it out to be. Takes
the early records seriously as historical sources for events circa 1000 BC
violent than the idealized version in later
Confucian writings made it out to be. Takes
the early records seriously as historical sources for events circa 1000 BC