Early Chinese Manuscript Collections

As the first study of manuscript collections, this book asks what changes when sayings, stories, songs, and spells are brought together on the same carrier.

Covering a plethora of manuscripts from the Warring States and early empires, and spanning sources from philosophy, historiography, poetry, and technical literature, this study describes the whole life-cycle of multiple tex...

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As the first study of manuscript collections, this book asks what changes when sayings, stories, songs, and spells are brought together on the same carrier.

Covering a plethora of manuscripts from the Warring States and early empires, and spanning sources from philosophy, historiography, poetry, and technical literature, this study describes the whole life-cycle of multiple texts collected on a single manuscript.

Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary advances and based on careful study of manuscript materiality and textuality, this book shows the importance of collections in the development of and access to text and knowledge in early China.

Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1A Note on Orality
2Collecting Text in a Manuscript Culture
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Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1A Note on Orality
2Collecting Text in a Manuscript Culture
3Collections in Manuscript Form
4The Form and Use of Collections
5The Role of Collections in Early China
6Sources and Caveats
7Outline of the Study
1 Manuscript Materiality: Organizing Sayings in a Collection
1The Unborn Laozi: Of Materiality and Building Blocks
2Sound-based Organization: The *Yong yue 用曰
3Visually Enhanced Organization
4Building Blocks That Form Arguments
5Conclusions
2 Collecting Stories: The Reformation and Integration of the Past
1A Fragmented Past: Songs of Ancestors and Lords
2The Rongchengshi: Forging an All-embracing Narrative about the Past
3Warring States Developments in Representing the Past
4Conclusions
3 Collection and Canon: The Formation of a Genre
1Developments in the Use of Verse
2Emergent Properties in Verse Collections
3Shi as a Commented Collection
4Teaching Verse as Poetry: The *Kongzi shi lun Read through the *Xing zi ming chu
5Conclusion
4 Collecting and Disseminating: Using Technical Knowledge
1Early Records of Divination: Baoshan, Tangweisi, and Geling
2Warring States Prayer and Divination Collections
3Daybooks and Related Collections of the Early Empires
4Conclusions
Conclusion: A Manuscript Culture’s Response to the Proliferation of Text
Bibliography
Index
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