Spring and Autumn Historiography - Form and Hierarchy in Ancient Chinese Annals

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.

Sommario

List of Tables
List of Sets
Acknowledgments
Scholarly Conventions
Chronology: Lu Rulers of the Spring and Autumn
Introduction
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 Autumn
Appendix 3: Diachronic Changes in Frequency and Form in the Spring and Autumn
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Newell Ann Van Auken

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Newell Ann van Auken, Newell Ann Van Auken, Van Auken Newell Ann
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780231206501
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20650-1
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Tang Center Series in Early China
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Asia / China, Historiography, History; Literary criticism