Information" has become a core concept across the disciplines, yet it is still often seen as a unique feature of the Western world that became central only in the digital age. In this book, leading experts turn to China's textual tradition to show the significance of information…
"At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, t…
Introduction -- Poems and poems -- Re-collections -- In the image of the Classic -- Circulation in the troposphere -- Inventious discovery -- Conclusion -- Appendices: the Han and Mao School readings of "Heaven Made"--Early witnesses to Shao Yong's couplet -- The authenticity of…
"At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, t…