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dc.contributor.authorShaugnessy, Edward
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-30 08:55:08
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:08:50Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:08:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier1006912
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23242
dc.description.abstractSince the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of documents of all sorts have been unearthed in China, opening whole new fields of study and transforming our modern understanding of ancient China. While these discoveries have necessarily taken place in China, Western scholars have also contributed to the study of these documents throughout this entire period. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the contributions of these Western scholars to the field of Chinese paleography, and especially to study of oracle-bone inscriptions, bronze and stone inscriptions, and manuscripts written on bamboo and silk. Each of these topics is provided with a comprehensive narrative history of studies by Western scholars, as well as an exhaustive bibliography and biographies of important scholars in the field. It is also supplied with a list of Chinese translations of these studies, as well as a complete index of authors and their works. Whether the reader is interested in the history of ancient China, ancient Chinese paleographic documents, or just in the history of the study of China as it has developed in the West, this book provides one of the most complete accounts available to date.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLibrary of Sinology
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian historyen_US
dc.subject.otherpaleography oracle-bone inscriptions bronze inscriptions bamboo-and-silk manuscripts
dc.titleChinese Annals in the Western Observatory
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1515/9781501517105
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3
oapen.relation.isbn9781501517105;9781501516931
oapen.series.number4
oapen.pages485
oapen.place.publicationBerlin/Boston


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