An edition of Before Confucius
(1997)
Before Confucius
studies in the creation of the Chinese classics
by Edward L. Shaughnessy
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Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the Classic of Changes, the Venerated Documents, and the Classic of Poetry. By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins.
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Civilization, Chinese classics, History and criticism, Philosophy, chinese, LITERARY CRITICISM, Asian, GeneralPlaces
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Before Confucius: studies in the creation of the Chinese classics
1997, State University of New York Press
in English and Chinese
0791433773 9780791433775
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.
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