Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Antiquarianism and Its Genealogies 13
6. 2. Antiquarianism in an Age of Reform 33
7. 3. A Passion for Antiquity, in Two Dimensions and in Three 51
8. 4. Wu Dacheng’s Paleography and Artifact Studies 73
9. 5. The Discovery of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions 87
10. 6. Luo Zhenyu and the Dilemmas of the Private Scholar 103
11. 7. Wang Guowei–From Antiquarianism to History 121
12. Epilogue 141
13. Notes 151
14. Bibliography 179
15. Index 211