LEADER 04379nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910958096503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780295804507 010 $a0295804505 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295804507 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101058 035 $a(EBL)3444463 035 $a(OCoLC)793207668 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000659657 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11394836 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000659657 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698302 035 $a(PQKB)10565067 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48474 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444463 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558470 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444463 035 $a(Perlego)723668 035 $a(DE-B1597)725682 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295804507 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101058 100 $a20110510d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWriting & literacy in early China $estudies from the Columbia Early China Seminar /$fedited by Li Feng and David Prager Branner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (514 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780295991528 311 08$a0295991526 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : writing as a phenomenon of literacy / Li Feng and David Prager Branner -- Getting "right" with heaven and the origins of writing in China / David W. Pankenier -- Literacy and the emergence of writing in China / William G. Boltz -- Phonology in the Chinese script and its relationship to early Chinese literacy / David Prager Branner -- Literacy to the south and the east of Anyang in Shang China : Zhengzhou and Daxinzhuang / Ken-ichi Takashima -- The evidence for scribal training at Anyang / Adam Smith -- Textual identity and the role of literacy in the transmission of early Chinese literature / Matthias L. Richter -- The royal audience and its reflections in western Zhou bronze inscriptions / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Literacy and the social contexts of writing in the western Zhou / Li Feng -- Education and the way of the former kings / Constance A. Cook -- Soldiers, scribes, and women : literacy among the lower orders in early China / Robin D.S. Yates -- Craftsman's literacy : uses of writing by male and female artisans in Qin and Han China / Anthony J. Barbieri-Low. 330 8 $aThe emergence and spread of literacy in ancient human society an important topic for all who study the ancient world, and the development of written Chinese is of particular interest, as modern Chinese orthography preserves logographic principles shared by its most ancient forms, making it unique among all present-day writing systems. In the past three decades, the discovery of previously unknown texts dating to the third century BCE and earlier, as well as older versions of known texts, has revolutionized the study of early Chinese writing. The long-term continuity and stability of the Chinese written language allow for this detailed study of the role literacy played in early civilization. The contributors to Writing and Literacy in Early China inquire into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used. By carefully evaluating current evidence and offering groundbreaking new interpretations, the book illuminates the nature of literacy for scribes and readers. 517 3 $aWriting and literacy in early China 606 $aChinese language$yTo 600 606 $aChinese language$xWriting$xHistory 606 $aLiteracy$zChina$xHistory 606 $aBooks and reading$zChina$xHistory 615 0$aChinese language 615 0$aChinese language$xWriting$xHistory. 615 0$aLiteracy$xHistory. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory. 676 $a302.2/2440931 701 $aLi$b Feng$f1962-$01799926 701 $aBranner$b David Prager$01799927 712 12$aEarly China Seminar (Columbia University) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958096503321 996 $aWriting & literacy in early China$94344356 997 $aUNINA