Authorship and Text-making in Early China / / Hanmo Zhang.

This book is a timely response to a rather urgent call to seek an updated methodology in rereading and reappraising early Chinese texts in light of newly discovered early writings. For a long time, the concept of authorship in the formation and transmission of early Chinese texts has been misunderst...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton,, [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Library of sinology ; v. 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 pages).
Notes:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Text, Author, and the Function of Authorship
  • 2. The Author as Cultural Hero: The Yellow Emperor, the Symbolic Author
  • 3. The Author as the Head of a Teaching Lineage: Confucius, the Quotable Author
  • 4. The Author as a Patron: Prince of Huainan, the Owner-Author
  • 5. The Author as an Individual Writer: Sima Qian, the Presented Author
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index