Early Chinese Manuscript Collections : : Sayings, Memory, Verse, and Knowledge / / Rens Krijgsman.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Chinese Texts ; Volume 14
• VerfasserIn: Krijgsman, Rens, 1987-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; Volume 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) :; illustrations.

"As the first study of manuscript collections, this book asks what changes when sayings, stories, songs, and spells are brought together on the same carrier. Covering a plethora of manuscripts from the Warring States and early empires, and spanning sources from philosophy, historiography, poetry, and technical literature, this study describes the whole life-cycle of multiple texts collected on a single manuscript. Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary advances and based on careful study of manuscript materiality and textuality, this book shows the importance of collections in the development of and access to text and knowledge in early China"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Manuscript Materiality: Organizing Sayings in a Collection -- Collecting Stories: The Reformation and Integration of the Past -- Collection and Canon: The Formation of a Genre -- Collecting and Disseminating: Using Technical Knowledge -- Conclusion: A Manuscript Culture's Response to the Proliferation of Text.