LEADER 02530nam 2200409 450 001 9910493736303321 005 20230513132429.0 035 $a(CKB)5590000000537459 035 $a(NjHacI)995590000000537459 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000537459 100 $a20230513d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDocumentation and Argument in Early China $ethe Sha?ngshu? ?? (venerated documents) and the Shu? traditions = Documentation and argument in early China : the Sha?ngshu? Shang shu(venerated documents) and the Shu? traditions /$fDirk Meyer 210 1$aBerlin, Germany :$cDe Gruyter,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 281 pages) 311 $a3-11-070860-4 330 $aThis study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Sha?ngshu? (Venerated Documents). It is the first to establish these traditions--"Shu?" (Documents)--as a historically evolving practice of thought-production. By focusing on the literary form of the argument, it interprets the "Shu?" as fluid text material that embodies the ever-changing cultural capital of projected conceptual communities. By showing how these communities actualised the "Shu?" 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 "Shu?" had become a literary genre employed by diverse groups to legitimize their own arguments. Through forms of textual performance, the "Shu?" 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. 517 $aDocumentation and Argument in Early China 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aCollective memory and literature 606 $aChinese classics 607 $aChina 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aCollective memory and literature. 615 0$aChinese classics. 676 $a299.51282 700 $aMeyer$b Dirk$01217106 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910493736303321 996 $aDocumentation and Argument in Early China$92814680 997 $aUNINA