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Zhou History Unearthed: The Bamboo Manuscript Xinian and Early Chinese Historiography

Posted By: roxul
Date: 22 Sep 2023 05:58:46
Zhou History Unearthed: The Bamboo Manuscript Xinian and Early Chinese Historiography

Yuri Pines, "Zhou History Unearthed: The Bamboo Manuscript Xinian and Early Chinese Historiography"
English | ISBN: 0231196628 | 2020 | 352 pages | PDF | 27 MB

There is a stark contrast between the overarching importance of history writing in imperial China and the meagerness of historical texts from the centuries preceding the imperial unification of 221 BCE. However, recently discovered bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States period (453–221 BCE) have changed this picture, leading to reappraisals of early Chinese historiography. These manuscripts shed new light on questions related to the production, circulation, and audience of historical texts in early China; their different political, ritual, and ideological usages; and their roles in the cultural and intellectual dynamics of China’s vibrant pre-imperial age.

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