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Before Confucius : studies in the creation of the Chinese classics

Author: Edward L Shaughnessy
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Edward L Shaughnessy
ISBN: 0791433773 9780791433775 0791433781 9780791433782
OCLC Number: 36315915
Description: ix, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cn,
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.
Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Responsibility: Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Abstract:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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