Writing Early China

By:

Edward L Shaughnessy

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Paperback / softback

Series:

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

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Archaeological discoveries over the past one hundred years have resulted in repeated calls to "rewrite ancient Chinese history." This is especially true of documents written on oracle bones, bronze vessels, and bamboo strips. In Writing Early China, Edward L. Shaughnessy surveys all of these types of documents and considers what they reveal about the creation and transmission of knowledge in ancient China. Opposed to the common view that most knowledge was transmitted orally in ancient China, Shaughnessy demonstrates that by no later than the tenth century BCE scribes were writing lengthy texts like portions of the Chinese classics, and that by the fourth century BCE the primary mode of textual transmission was by way of visual copying from one manuscript to another.

Release date Australia

April 12th, 2024

Author

Edward L Shaughnessy

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Total Illustrations: 20

Pages

432

Series

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9781438495217

Product ID

38587025

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