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Zhou History Unearthed
The Bamboo Manuscript Xinian and Early Chinese Historiography
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Yuri Pines
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English
Published/Copyright:
2020
About this book
Zhou History Unearthed offers both a novel understanding of early Chinese historiography and a fully annotated translation of Xinian (String of Years), the most notable historical manuscript from the state of Chu. Yuri Pines details the importance of Xinian and other recently discovered texts for our understanding of history writing in Zhou China.
Author / Editor information
Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China (Columbia, 2017) and The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012).
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Stephen Durrant, University of Oregon:
Zhou History Unearthed is a magnificent work from Yuri Pines, a scholar who knows the history of the Zhou period as well as anyone currently writing in English
Zhou History Unearthed is a magnificent work from Yuri Pines, a scholar who knows the history of the Zhou period as well as anyone currently writing in English
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Note on Translations, References, and Dates
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Maps
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Introduction
1 - PART I Rethinking Early Chinese History Writing
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1 Zhou Historiography as Seen from the Transmitted Texts
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2 Xinian and Zhou Historiography
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3 Zhou Historiography in Other Newly Discovered Sources
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4 Beyond Sima Qian
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5 Chu Historiography and Chu Cultural Identity
122 - PART II Xinian Translation and Commentary
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Xinian 1
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Xinian 2
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Xinian 3
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Xinian 23
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
December 10, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9780231551755
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4 b&w maps
eBook ISBN:
9780231551755
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Professional and scholarly;
