| Description |
1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Series |
Studies in the History of Chinese Texts ; v.16 |
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Studies in the history of Chinese texts.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tables and Figures -- Manuscripts Cited -- Introduction -- 1 The Dunhuang Context -- 2 Literary Training and the Literate Elite -- 3 Managing Literary Information -- 4 Overview of Chapters -- 5 Some Conventions -- Kaimeng yaoxun: A Foundation for Literary Training -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Documents -- 3 Content: What Kaimeng yaoxun Teaches -- 4 Structure: What Makes Kaimeng yaoxun "Easy to Understand and Hard to Forget"? -- 5 Using Kaimeng yaoxun: Evidence from Textual Variation -- 6 Case Study: P.2578 |
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7 Managing Information: Kaimeng yaoxun as Literary Training -- Qianzi wen as Mnemonic Scaffold -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Qianzi wen -- 3 Medieval Annotations to Qianzi wen -- 4 Liuzi qianwen -- Yudui: Parallel Sayings as Tool and Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Documents and Formats -- 3 Structure and Content -- 3.1 "Diligent Study" -- 3.2 "Literary Writings" -- 3.3 "Friends" -- 4 Variation, Production, and Use -- 5 Yudui as Information Management -- Zachao: A Complex Miscellany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Documents -- 3 Organizational Structure -- 4 Categories of Content -- 4.1 Historical Figures |
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4.2 The Literary Inheritance -- 4.3 Quotations and Aphorisms -- 4.4 Morality and Decorum -- 4.5 General Knowledge -- 5 Managing Information -- 6 Textual Variation -- 7 Layout, Format, and Use -- 8 Parallels -- Tuyuan cefu: A Primer for Exams and Officialdom -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Bibliographic Record -- 3 Dunhuang Documents -- 4 Du Sixian's Preface -- 5 Content and Structure: "Deliberating the Feng and Shan Sacrifices" -- 6 Using Tuyuan cefu -- 7 Tuyuan cefu In (and Out) of Context -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book shows the elite of Medieval China learned their most important skill: reading and writing in a range of genres |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004684881 |
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9004684883 |
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