Before Confucius :
Shaughnessy, Edward L., 1952-
Before Confucius : studies in the creation of the Chinese classics / Edward L. Shaughnessy. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : illustrations. - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture . - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
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.
"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."--Jacket.
0585087407 9780585087405
97002449
To 221 B.C.
Chinese classics--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese classics.
Civilization.
China--Civilization--To 221 B.C.
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL2461.Z6 / S46 1997eb
895.1/109
Before Confucius : studies in the creation of the Chinese classics / Edward L. Shaughnessy. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : illustrations. - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture . - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
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.
"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."--Jacket.
0585087407 9780585087405
97002449
To 221 B.C.
Chinese classics--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese classics.
Civilization.
China--Civilization--To 221 B.C.
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL2461.Z6 / S46 1997eb
895.1/109