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544 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791441138
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 23 April 1999
Description
This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this ...
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544 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791441138
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 23 April 1999
Description
This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings