Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition Hardcover - 2004
by Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien; Afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy
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Paleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, deciphers ancient inscriptions and modes of writing to reveal the knowledge and workings of earlier societies. In this now-classic paleographic study of China, Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien traces the development of Chinese writing from the earliest inscriptions to the advent of printing, with specific attention to the tools and media used. Now expanded and updated, this edition includes material that treats the many major documents and ancient Chinese artifacts uncovered over the forty years since the book's first publication. Substantial contributions from Edward L. Shaughnessy, including a new afterword, complete this long-awaited second edition.
Written on Bamboo and Silk--the only book of its kind available in English--has long been considered a landmark in its field. Critical in this regard is the excavation of numerous sites throughout China, where hundreds of thousands of documents written on bamboo and silk--as well as other media--were found, including some of the earliest copies of historical, medical, astronomical, military, and religious texts that are now essential to the study of early Chinese literature, history, and philosophy. Discoveries such as these have made the amount of material evidence on the origins and evolution of communication throughout Chinese history exceedingly broad and rich, and yet Tsien succeeds in tackling it all and building on the earlier classic work that changed the course of study and understanding of Chinese paleography.Details
- Title Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition
- Author Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien; Afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Second Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 2004-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226814186 / 0226814181
- Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.34 x 0.99 in (23.67 x 16.10 x 2.51 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Writing - Materials and instruments, Inscriptions, Chinese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003027032
- Dewey Decimal Code 002.093
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