Writing and authority in early China

by Lewis, Mark Edward

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Full title :Writing and authority in early China / Mark Edward Lewis.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
Place of Publication:Albany
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1999.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (vii, 544 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0585075735, 9780585075730
oclc:ocm42855887
LC Classification:PL2280
Dewey Decimal:895.1/09001

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter one. Writing the State ; the archaic background ; Laws and registers ; Reports, tallies, and seals ; Writing and the king ; The offices of Zhou ; Conclusion -- Chapter two. Writing the masters ; Scholarly texts ; Scholarly traditions and the State ; Social and economics bases of the traditions ; The master as model ; Conclusion -- Chapter three. Writing the past ; The past in speeches ; The past in political philosophy ; The past in cosmogony ; The past in chronicle ; Conclusion -- Chapter four. Writing the self ; Composing the odes ; Speaking through the odes ; The odes as proof and sanction ; Anthology and authorship ; Conclusion -- Chapter five. The political history of writing ; The mythology of Fu Xi ; The mythology of the Duke of Zhou ; The mythology of Confucius ; Conclusion -- Chapter six. The natural philosophy of writing ; Between divination and philosophy ; The natural philosophy of signs ; Images and writing ; Numbers and writing ; Conclusion -- Chapter seven. The encyclopedic Epoch ; Totality and truth ; Canon and commentary ; State-sponsored compendia ; Sima Qian and universal history ; Sima Xiangru and universal poetry ; Th…

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Chinese literature -- History and criti… Chinese literature -- Political aspects Criticism, interpretation, etc LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian Littérature chinoise -- Aspect politique Littérature chinoise -- Histoire et cri… To 221 B.C