Zhou history unearthed : the bamboo manuscript Xinian and early Chinese historiography
Title:
Zhou history unearthed : the bamboo manuscript Xinian and early Chinese historiography
Zuo zhuan.
Zuo zhuan (Zuoqiu, Ming)
Xi nian. English.
Author:
Pines, Yuri, author.
ISBN:
9780231196628
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
x, 4 unnumbered pages of maps, 333 pages : maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
| Translations and commentary in English ; Xinian sections in Chinese. |
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.
Abstract:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
Title Subject:
Added Uniform Title:
Xi nian. English.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
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