Early Chinese Manuscript Collections - Sayings, Memory, Verse, and Knowledge

Manuscript collections of sayings, stories, songs, and spells provided the main source of access to textual knowledge in early China. This book draws on a plethora of sources across genres to describe the life-cycle of collections, from their sources and production, to their transmission and reception.

Product details

• Authors: Rens Krijgsman
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2023
• EAN: 9789004536272
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53627-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Studies in the History of Chin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous