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Author Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954-

Title Writing and authority in early China / Mark Edward Lewis
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 544 pages)
Series SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Contents 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 ; The Liu family and the universal library ; Conclusion -- Chapter eight. The empire of writing ; Establishment of the canon ; Triumph of the canon ; Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-526) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chinese literature -- To 221 B.C. -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Chinese literature -- Political aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Chinese literature -- Political aspects
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585075735
9780585075730