The Chu Silk Manuscripts from Zidanku, Changsha (Hunan Province): Volume One: Discovery and Transmission

by Li Ling

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The Silk Manuscripts from Zidanku, Changsha (Hunan) are the only pre-imperial Chinese manuscripts on silk found to date. Dating to the turn from the fourth to the third centuries BC (Late Warring States period), they contain several short texts concerning basic cosmological concepts in a diagrammatic arrangement and surrounded by pictorial illustrations. As such, they constitute a unique source of information complementing and going beyond what...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:9882370977

ISBN13:9789882370975

Release Date:June 2020

Publisher:Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

Length:252 Pages

Weight:3.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 8.7" x 11.2"

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