2. The Composite Nature of Early Chinese Texts

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction The Ritual Texture of Early China vii
4. 1. Toward an Archaeology of Writing: Text, Ritual, and the Culture of Public Display in the Classical Period (475 B.c.E.-210 c.E.) 1
5. 2. The Composite Nature of Early Chinese Texts 50
6. 3. The E Jun Qi Metal Tallies: Inscribed Texts and Ritual Contexts 79
7. 4. The Ritual Meaning of Textual Form: Evidence from Early Commentaries of the Historiographic and Ritual Traditions 124
8. 5. The Odes in Excavated Manuscripts 149
9. 6. Playing at Critique: Indirect Remonstrance and the Formation of Shi Identity 194
10. 7. Reimagining the Yellow Emperor's Four Faces 226
11. 8. Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Stelae 249
12. Works Cited 285
13. Contributors 313
14. Index 314