| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface to the original Chinese edition -- Translator's preface -- Written on bamboo and silk -- Kongbi and Jizhong : discoveries of bamboo-strip manuscripts in early China -- A century of new bamboo and silk manuscript discoveries -- Preservation of the Tsinghua strips -- Authentication and photography of the Tsinghua strips -- Editing the Tsinghua strips -- Unraveling the mysteries of the Shangshu -- King Wen's testament -- Tsinghua's Jinteng (metal-bound coffer) and the Duke of Zhou's "stay" in the East -- Prescient dreams : King Wen's reception of the Mandate and Tsinghua's Chengwu -- Only the beginning -- Timeline of major events in the research of the Tsinghua strips |
| Summary |
"The Tsinghua University bamboo-strip manuscripts are among the most extraordinary collections of ancient texts discovered in China to date. In Introduction to the Tsinghua Bamboo-Strip Manuscripts, Liu Guozhong, one of the scholars intimately involved in editing the Tsinghua strips, offers a straightforward overview to the complexities inherent in researching this collection. Liu provides an invaluable glimpse into how these artifacts were cleaned, preserved, and prepared for publication, while also situating them within a history of similar finds. He moreover explores in detail a number of crucial questions raised by the Tsinghua strips, from the transmission of the Shangshu and the nature of the oft-neglected Yi Zhoushu, to the implications these texts have for our understanding of early Western Zhou history"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
"This work was published in Chinese by Higher Education Press, Beijing, in April 2011"--Title page verso |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 07, 2016) |
| Subject |
Manuscripts, Chinese -- China -- Beijing
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Manuscripts -- Collection and preservation -- China -- Beijing
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Manuscripts, Chinese
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Manuscripts -- Collection and preservation
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. -- Sources
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China -- History -- Warring States, 403-221 B.C. -- Sources
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| Subject |
China
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China -- Beijing
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foster, Christopher J., translator.
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French, William N., translator.
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Qing hua da xue (Beijing, China)
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| LC no. |
2016019199 |
| ISBN |
9789004312340 |
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900431234X |
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