Documentation and Argument in Early China : : The Shàngshū 尚書 (Venerated Documents) and the Shū Traditions / / Dirk Meyer.

This study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Shàngshū (Venerated Documents). It is the first to establish these traditions-"Shū" (Documents)-as a historically evolving practice of thought-production. By focusing on the literary form of the argument, it interprets the &qu...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Library of Sinology [LOS] Ser.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 281 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Shū traditions and philosophical discourse
  • 2 Archiving cultural capital
  • 3 The materiality of meaning networks
  • 4 Moulds of discourse
  • 5 Shū traditions in narrative
  • 6 Shū genre in manuscript cultures
  • 7 Conclusion: the Shū and political argument in early China
  • Bibliorgraph
  • Index