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This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this body of writings as the textual double of the state, and of the text-based sage as the double of the ruler.

The book examines the full range of writings employed in early China, such as divinatory records, written communications with ancestors, government documents, the collective writings of philosophical and textual traditions, speeches attributed to historical figures, chronicles, verse anthologies, commentaries, and encyclopedic compendia.

Lewis shows how these writings served to administer populations, control officials, form new social groups, invent new models of authority, and create an artificial language whose master generated power and whose graphs became potent objects.

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State University of New York Press
Language
English
Pages
544

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Subjects
Chinese literature, History and criticism, Political aspects, Political aspects of Chinese literature, Theory, Philosophy, chinese, Chinese literature, history and criticism, Littérature chinoise, Histoire et critique, Théorie, Aspect politique, LITERARY CRITICISM, Asian, General
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To 221 B.C.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-526) and index.

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Albany
Series
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

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Dewey Decimal Class
895.1/09001
Library of Congress
PL2280 .L48 1999, PL2280.L48 1999, PL2280 .L48 1999eb

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Pagination
vii, 544 p. ;
Number of pages
544

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OL381532M
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ISBN 10
079144113X, 0791441148
LCCN
98043852
OCLC/WorldCat
42855887, 40255867
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779745
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1137894
570209

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