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

"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, poetr...

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Superior document:Studies in the History of Chinese Texts ; Volume 14
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]
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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.
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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.