Writing Early China

Considers what unearthed documents reveal about the creation and transmission of knowledge in ancient China.

About the author

Edward L. Shaughnessy is Creel Distinguished Service Professor of Early China in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Rewriting Early Chinese Texts, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Edward L. Shaughnessy
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781438495224
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9522-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Cu; SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Asian History, Phonetics, phonology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Historical and comparative linguistics