5 Anecdote Collections as Argumentative Texts

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Anecdotes in Early China 1
5. Anecdotes, Argumentation, and Debate
6. Non-deductive Argumentation in Early Chinese Philosophy 41
7. The Frontier between Chen and Cai 63
8. Mozi as a Daoist Sage? 93
9. Anecdotal Barbarians in Early China 113
10. Anecdotes and Textual Formation
11. Anecdote Collections as Argumentative Texts 147
12. From Villains Outwitted to Pedants Out-Wrangled 193
13. The Limits of Praise and Blame 229
14. Anecdotes and History
15. History without Anecdotes 263
16. Cultural Memory and Excavated Anecdotes in “Documentary” Narrative 301
17. Old Stories No Longer Told 331
18. Contributors 357
19. Index 361