Rewriting early Chinese texts
"Rewriting Early Chinese Texts examines the problems of reconstructing and editing ancient manuscripts that will revise - indeed "rewrite"--Chinese history. It is now generally recognized that the extensive archaeological discoveries made in China over the last three decades necessitate such a rewriting and will keep an array of scholars busy for years to come. However, this is by no means the first time China's historical record has needed rewriting. In this book, author Edward L. Shaughnessy …
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"Rewriting Early Chinese Texts examines the problems of reconstructing and editing ancient manuscripts that will revise - indeed "rewrite"--Chinese history. It is now generally recognized that the extensive archaeological discoveries made in China over the last three decades necessitate such a rewriting and will keep an array of scholars busy for years to come. However, this is by no means the first time China's historical record has needed rewriting. In this book, author Edward L. Shaughnessy explores the issues involved in editing manuscripts, rewriting them, both today and in the past."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication:Albany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:v, 287 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0791466434, 9780791466438, 0791466442, 9780791466445
- oclc:ocm57675763
- LC Classification:DS741.15
- Dewey Decimal:931/.03
Table of Contents
The editing of archaeologically recovered manuscripts and its implications for the study of received texts -- Rewriting the Zi yi : how one Chinese classic came to read as it does -- An annotated translation of the Guodian and Shanghai Museum manuscripts text of the Zi yi -- The received "Zi yi" -- The discovery and editing of the Ji Zhong texts -- The editing and editions of the Bamboo annals.
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