The Heir and the Sage, Revised and Expanded Edition
Dynastic Legend in Early China
1st Edition
Published on 7. September 2016
218 pages
978-1-4384-6226-4 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 5
Total Illustrations: 5
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-6226-4 (9781438462264)
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State University of New York Press
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Person
Sarah Allan is Burlington Northern Foundation Professor of Asian Studies in Honor of Richard M. Bressler at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts; The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue; and The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
Preface To The Revised and Expanded Edition
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction
1. Problem and Theory
2. Legend Set 1: Tang Yao to Yú Shun
3. Legend Sets 2 and 3: Yú Shun to Xia Yu and the Foundation of the Xia Dynasty
4. Legend Set 4: The Foundation of the Shang Dynasty
5. Legend Set 5: The Foundation of the Zhou Dynasty
6. The Philosophers
7. Conclusion
Appendix 1
Charts
Appendix 2
The Identities of Taigong Wang in Zhou and Han Literature
Bibliography
Index of Chinese Names, Places, and Important Terms
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction
1. Problem and Theory
2. Legend Set 1: Tang Yao to Yú Shun
3. Legend Sets 2 and 3: Yú Shun to Xia Yu and the Foundation of the Xia Dynasty
4. Legend Set 4: The Foundation of the Shang Dynasty
5. Legend Set 5: The Foundation of the Zhou Dynasty
6. The Philosophers
7. Conclusion
Appendix 1
Charts
Appendix 2
The Identities of Taigong Wang in Zhou and Han Literature
Bibliography
Index of Chinese Names, Places, and Important Terms
