Description |
1 online resource (vii, 544 pages) |
Series |
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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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
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Chinese literature -- Political aspects
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Chinese literature -- Political aspects
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0585075735 |
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9780585075730 |
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