Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. 1. The Owl in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions and on Early Ritual Bronzes 1
6. 2. A Study of the Décor on a Shang Dynasty Architectural Object from the Site of Xiaoshuangqiao in Zhengzhou 23
7. 3. Respecting Heaven and Sacrificing to the Ancestors: Social Order and Ritual Reflected in Early Western Zhou Bronze Drinking Vessel Sets 37
8. 4. The Cheng Wang Fangding 61
9. 5. The Western Zhou Court and Hedong Salt Lake: Revelations from the Newly Excavated Ba Bo (Elder Ba) Bronze Vessels 77
10. 6. Changing Ideas about De, the Lineage, and the Individual in Fifth- and Fourth-Century BCE China as Reflected in the Wenxian Covenant Texts 119
11. 7. The Editing and Publication of Ancient Books Written on Bamboo and Silk 163
12. 8. The Philological Value of the Tsinghua Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts 191
13. 9. A Brief Look at the Shanghai Museum Manuscript “The State of Lu Suffered a Great Drought” 215
14. 10. An Introduction and Preliminary Translation of the Jiaonü (Instructions for Daughters), a Qin Bamboo Text 233
15. 11. The Shape of the Text: Gu Prisms and Han Primers 259
16. 12. Sanjiaowei M1: Hand Tools from the Grave of a Hobbyist Woodworker? 293
17. Afterword. Wandering Mt. Song, Chatting in Friendship: Exploring Mt. Song in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions 311
18. List of Contributors 319
19. Index 321