| Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics Contributor(s): Shaughnessy, Edward L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791433773 ISBN-13: 9780791433775 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Confucianism - Literary Criticism | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.110 |
| LCCN: 97-2449 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |