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Zhou History Unearthed

The Bamboo Manuscript Xinian and Early Chinese Historiography
  • Yuri Pines
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2020
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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.

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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


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The Riddle of Zhou Historiography
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PART I Rethinking Early Chinese History Writing

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PART II Xinian Translation and Commentary

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