{"product_id":"early-chinese-manuscript-collections-sayings-memory-verse-and-knowledge-9789004536272","title":"Early Chinese Manuscript Collections: Sayings, Memory, Verse, and Knowledge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the first study of manuscript collections, this book asks what changes when sayings, stories, songs, and spells are brought together on the same carrier.  Covering a plethora of manuscripts from the Warring States and early empires, and spanning sources from philosophy, historiography, poetry, and technical literature, this study describes the whole life-cycle of multiple texts collected on a single manuscript.   Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary advances and based on careful study of manuscript materiality and textuality, this book shows the importance of collections in the development of and access to text and knowledge in early China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Focusing on the creation of “collections” out of originally independent texts and thoughtfully situating these within their wider material and literary-historical contexts, Early Chinese Manuscript Collections is an ambitious and ground-breaking work that will prove indispensable reading for anyone with serious interest in processes of textual formation in early China.”- Scott Cook, Yale-NUS College    “In this fascinating study of collections of texts in early Chinese manuscripts, Rens Krijgsman addresses a highly relevant topic almost entirely absent from previous scholarship: multi-text manuscripts. The case studies he presents embrace a wide range of genres. Through a detailed examination of the materiality of the manuscripts bearing these texts, he explores the question of different social uses of written texts and thus offers an important contribution to early Chinese book history. This timely and important study is sure to inspire productive discussions and future scholarship on early Chinese textual culture and related topics.” - Matthias L. Richter, University of Colorado at Boulder    “As opposed to most studies of recently unearthed manuscripts, which take a pointillist approach to individual texts, Rens Krijgsman uses a broad brush to paint his picture of Warring States literary history, addressing dozens of different manuscripts representing virtually all of the different kinds of texts from early China. One need not agree with all of his conclusions to be struck by the great erudition on display in his discussions.“ - Edward L. Shaughnessy, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents   List of Figures   Acknowledgements      Introduction    1 A Note on Orality    2 Collecting Text in a Manuscript Culture    3 Collections in Manuscript Form    4 The Form and Use of Collections    5 The Role of Collections in Early China    6 Sources and Caveats    7 Outline of the Study      1 Manuscript Materiality: Organizing Sayings in a Collection    1 The Unborn Laozi: Of Materiality and Building Blocks    2 Sound-based Organization: The *Yong yue 用曰    3 Visually Enhanced Organization    4 Building Blocks That Form Arguments    5 Conclusions      2 Collecting Stories: The Reformation and Integration of the Past    1 A Fragmented Past: Songs of Ancestors and Lords    2 The Rongchengshi: Forging an All-embracing Narrative about the Past    3 Warring States Developments in Representing the Past    4 Conclusions      3 Collection and Canon: The Formation of a Genre    1 Developments in the Use of Verse    2 Emergent Properties in Verse Collections    3 Shi as a Commented Collection    4 Teaching Verse as Poetry: The *Kongzi shi lun Read through the *Xing zi ming chu    5 Conclusion      4 Collecting and Disseminating: Using Technical Knowledge    1 Early Records of Divination: Baoshan, Tangweisi, and Geling    2 Warring States Prayer and Divination Collections    3 Daybooks and Related Collections of the Early Empires    4 Conclusions      Conclusion: A Manuscript Culture’s Response to the Proliferation of Text   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210860618071,"sku":"9789004536272","price":62.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/early-chinese-manuscript-collections-sayings-memory-verse-and-knowledge-9789004536272","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}