03258nam 22005535 450 99643304730331620240205235914.03-11-070853-110.1515/9783110708530(CKB)5590000000533500(DE-B1597)554894(DE-B1597)9783110708530EBL7014900(AU-PeEL)EBL7014900(MiAaPQ)EBC7014900(EXLCZ)99559000000053350020210621h20212021 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDocumentation and Argument in Early China The Shàngshū 尚書 (Venerated Documents) and the Shū Traditions /Dirk MeyerBerlin ;Boston :De Gruyter Mouton,[2021]©20211 online resource (X, 281 p.)Library of Sinology ;5Description based upon print version of record.3-11-070841-8 Frontmatter --Acknowledgements --Contents --Introduction --1 Shū traditions and philosophical discourse --2 Archiving cultural capital --3 The materiality of meaning networks --4 Moulds of discourse --5 Shū traditions in narrative --6 Shū genre in manuscript cultures --7 Conclusion: the Shū and political argument in early China --Bibliorgraph --IndexThis study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Shàngshū (Venerated Documents). It is the first to establish these traditions-"Shū" (Documents)-as a historically evolving practice of thought-production. By focusing on the literary form of the argument, it interprets the "Shū" as fluid text material that embodies the ever-changing cultural capital of projected conceptual communities. By showing how these communities actualised the "Shū" according to their changing visions of history and evolving group interests, the study establishes that by the Warring States period (ca. 453-221 BC) the "Shū" had become a literary genre employed by diverse groups to legitimize their own arguments. Through forms of textual performance, the "Shū" gave even peripheral communities the means to participate in political discourse by conferring their ideas with ancient authority. Analysing this dynamic environment of socio-political and philosophical change, this study speaks to the Early China field, as well as to those interested in meaning production and foundational text formation more widely.Library of Sinology [LOS]HISTORY / Asia / ChinabisacshChinese Philosophy.Codicology.Genre.Text Performance.Text formation.Warring States Period.Zhou Dynasty.HISTORY / Asia / China.Meyer Dirkauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1217106Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinologyfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996433047303316Documentation and Argument in Early China2814680UNISA