Title: Rewriting early Chinese texts /
Authors: Shaughnessy, Edward L., 1952-
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Paleography, Chinese.; China History Sources.; China History Sources.; China History Sources.; China History Sources.
Abstract: "Rewriting Early Chinese Texts examines the problems of reconstructing and editing ancient manuscripts that will revise - indeed "rewrite"--Chinese history. It is now generally recognized that the extensive archaeological discoveries made in China over the last three decades necessitate such a rewriting and will keep an array of scholars busy for years to come. However, this is by no means the first time China's historical record has needed rewriting. In this book, author Edward L. Shaughnessy explores the issues involved in editing manuscripts, rewriting them, both today and in the past."--Jacket.
Contents: The editing of archaeologically recovered manuscripts and its implications for the study of received texts -- Rewriting the Zi yi : how one Chinese classic came to read as it does -- An annotated translation of the Guodian and Shanghai Museum manuscripts text of the Zi yi -- The received "Zi yi" -- The discovery and editing of the Ji Zhong texts -- The editing and editions of the Bamboo annals.