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Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics
Contributor(s): Shaughnessy, Edward L. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0791433773     ISBN-13: 9780791433775
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $90.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 1997
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Confucianism
- Literary Criticism | Asian - General
Dewey: 895.110
LCCN: 97-2449
Lexile Measure: 1570(Not Available)
Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Physical Information: 272 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Chinese
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the Classic of Changes, the Venerated Documents, and the Classic of Poetry. By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins.
 
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