A Patterned Past: Form and Thought in Early Chinese Historiography
(Book #205 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
No Customer Reviews
In this comprehensive study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu , David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the fourth century B.C.E. among the followers of Confucius. He contends that the coherent view of early China found in these texts is an effect of their origins and the habits of reading they impose. Rather...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674008618
ISBN13:9780674008618
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:528 Pages
Weight:1.92 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Related Subjects
HistoryCustomer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
