Chapter 3. Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts
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Michael Puett
Abstract
This chapter explores the forms of pagination that developed in the early Chinese tradition. It traces these developments from the fourth century BC (when the primary material used for textual production was bamboo) through the first several centuries of the common era (when paper became the primary material). It argues that the forms of pagination that emerged during this period were related to changing understandings of text, interpretation, commentary and the authorities of the author and the commentator.
Abstract
This chapter explores the forms of pagination that developed in the early Chinese tradition. It traces these developments from the fourth century BC (when the primary material used for textual production was bamboo) through the first several centuries of the common era (when paper became the primary material). It argues that the forms of pagination that emerged during this period were related to changing understandings of text, interpretation, commentary and the authorities of the author and the commentator.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Figures VII
- List of Tables XIII
- List of Contributors XV
- Introduction 1
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I Slips, Scrolls, and Leaves: Before the Codex
- Chapter 1. Text and Paratext in the Greek Classical Tradition 23
- Chapter 2. Tabernacles of Text: A Brief Visual History of the Hebrew Bible 47
- Chapter 3. Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts 93
- Chapter 4. Sūtra Text in Pecha Format: Page Layout of the Tibetan Vimalakīrtinirdeśa 111
- Chapter 5. Between the Lines and in the Margins: Linguistic Change and Impagination Practices in South Asia 151
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II The Printed World
- Chapter 6. The Margin as Canvas: A Forgotten Function of the Early Printed Page 185
- Chapter 7. Page Layout and the Complex Semiotic System of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Chosŏn’s Samganghaengsildo 209
- Chapter 8. The Transformation of the Typical Page in the Handpress Era in the Southern Netherlands, 1473–c. 1800 237
- Chapter 9. Writer’s Block or Printer’s Block: The Book and Its Openings in Early Modern China 273
- Chapter 10. Placing Texts on Chinese Pages: From Bamboo Slips to Printed Paper 301
- Chapter 11. Recovering Translation Lost: Symbiosis and Ambilingual Design in Chinese/Manchu Language Reference Manuals of the Qing Dynasty 323
- Chapter 12. Japanophone Glosses (kunten) in Printed and Digitized Manuscripts 351
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III Beyond the Book
- Chapter 13. Beyond the Physical Page: Latest Practice of Scientific Publication 377
- Index 399
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Figures VII
- List of Tables XIII
- List of Contributors XV
- Introduction 1
-
I Slips, Scrolls, and Leaves: Before the Codex
- Chapter 1. Text and Paratext in the Greek Classical Tradition 23
- Chapter 2. Tabernacles of Text: A Brief Visual History of the Hebrew Bible 47
- Chapter 3. Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts 93
- Chapter 4. Sūtra Text in Pecha Format: Page Layout of the Tibetan Vimalakīrtinirdeśa 111
- Chapter 5. Between the Lines and in the Margins: Linguistic Change and Impagination Practices in South Asia 151
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II The Printed World
- Chapter 6. The Margin as Canvas: A Forgotten Function of the Early Printed Page 185
- Chapter 7. Page Layout and the Complex Semiotic System of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Chosŏn’s Samganghaengsildo 209
- Chapter 8. The Transformation of the Typical Page in the Handpress Era in the Southern Netherlands, 1473–c. 1800 237
- Chapter 9. Writer’s Block or Printer’s Block: The Book and Its Openings in Early Modern China 273
- Chapter 10. Placing Texts on Chinese Pages: From Bamboo Slips to Printed Paper 301
- Chapter 11. Recovering Translation Lost: Symbiosis and Ambilingual Design in Chinese/Manchu Language Reference Manuals of the Qing Dynasty 323
- Chapter 12. Japanophone Glosses (kunten) in Printed and Digitized Manuscripts 351
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III Beyond the Book
- Chapter 13. Beyond the Physical Page: Latest Practice of Scientific Publication 377
- Index 399