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Spring and Autumn is an annals text composed of brief records covering the period 722-479 BCE. Newell Ann Van Auken argues that record-keepers from the ancient Chinese state of Lu-not a later editor-produced the formally regular core of the text.
List of contents
List of Tables
List of Sets
Acknowledgments
Scholarly Conventions
Chronology: Lu Rulers of the
Spring and AutumnIntroduction
1. Orientations: Approaches to
Spring and Autumn Historiography
2. Recording the Day
3. Encoding Individual Rank
4. An Idealized Interstate Order
5.Registering Judgments
6. Concealing Submission
Conclusions:
Spring and Autumn Historiography and the Formally Regular Core
Appendix 1: Defining a "Record"
Appendix 2: Event Types in the
Spring and AutumnAppendix 3: Diachronic Changes in Frequency and Form in the
Spring and AutumnNotes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Newell Ann Van Auken
Summary
The Spring and Autumn is an annals text composed of brief records covering the period 722–479 BCE. Newell Ann Van Auken argues that record-keepers from the ancient Chinese state of Lu—not a later editor—produced the formally regular core of the text.
