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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463182003321

Autore

Richter Matthias L

Titolo

The embodied text [[electronic resource] ] : establishing textual identity in early Chinese manuscripts / / by Matthias L. Richter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

1-283-95540-7

90-04-24381-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; ; v. 3

Disciplina

895.1/09

Soggetti

Chinese classics - Criticism, Textual

Chinese literature - Criticism, Textual

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. The Context of the Manuscript -- 2. Codicological Examination -- 3. Paleographic Examination -- 4. Presentation of the Text -- 5. The Extension of *Min zhi fumu -- 6. A Hierarchy of Criteria for Deciding on Disputed Readings -- 7. Variants of Little Consequence for the Content of the Text -- 8. Restoring Lost Manuscript Text -- 9. Variants Concerning the Central Ideas of the Text -- 10.  The Core Text -- 11.  The Evolving Role of the Odes in Ru Instruction -- 12.  The Conclusion of the Core Text -- 13.  Later Additions to the Core Text: Indexical Text -- 14.  Texts as Repositories of Didactic Material: Active vs. Passive Text -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Embodied Text Matthias L. Richter offers an exemplary study of a 300 BCE Chinese manuscript, exploring significant differences between the Warring States manuscript text and its transmitted early imperial counterparts. These differences reveal the adaptation of the text to a changed political environment as well as general ideological developments. This study further demonstrates how the physical embodiment of the text in the manuscript reflects modes of textual formation and social uses of written texts.