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Release : 1985
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Book Synopsis Collections d'Inscriptions Oraculaires en France by :
Download or read book Collections d'Inscriptions Oraculaires en France written by . This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean A. Lefeuvre
Release : 1985
Genre : Inscriptions, Chinese
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Book Synopsis Collections d'inscriptions oraculaires en France by : Jean A. Lefeuvre
Download or read book Collections d'inscriptions oraculaires en France written by Jean A. Lefeuvre. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David N. Keightley
Release : 2014-08-13
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis These Bones Shall Rise Again by : David N. Keightley
Download or read book These Bones Shall Rise Again written by David N. Keightley. This book was released on 2014-08-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David N. Keightleys seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume. These Bones Shall Rise Again brings together in one volume many of David N. Keightleys seminal essays on the origins of early Chinese civilization. Written over a period of three decades and accessible to the non-specialist, these essays provide a wealth of information and insights on the Shang dynasty, traditionally dated 17661122 or 1056 BCE. Of all the eras of Chinese history, the Shang has been a particularly elusive one, long considered more myth than reality. A historian with a keen appreciation for anthropology and archaeology, Keightley has given us many descriptions of Shang life. Best known for his analysis of oracle bones, he has looked beyond the bones themselves and expanded his historical vision to ponder the lives of those who used them. What did the Shang diviner think he was doing? The temerity to ask such questions and the insights they have provided have been provocative and, at times, controversial. Equally intriguing have been Keightleys assertions that many of the distinctive features of Chinese civilization were already in evidence during the Shang, 3000 years ago. In this collection, readers will find not only an essential reference but also the best kind of thought-provoking scholarship.
Author : Francesca Bray
Release : 2007-10-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China by : Francesca Bray
Download or read book Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China written by Francesca Bray. This book was released on 2007-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers a challenging new interpretation of technical knowledge in Chinese thought and practice. Conveying technical knowledge in China through charts, plans or drawings (tu) dates back to antiquity. Earlier studies focused on specialised forms of tu like maps or drawings of machines. Here, however, tu is identified in Chinese terms, viz. as a philosophical category of knowledge production: visual templates for action, spanning a range from mandala to modernist mapping projects, inseparable from writing but with distinctive powers of communication. A distinction is made between two principal types of tu: ritual/symbolic and representational, highlighting essential issues such as historical shifts in their significance, the relations between tu and political power, media for inscribing tu and the impact of printing, and encounters with the West.
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Book Synopsis East and West by :
Download or read book East and West written by . This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
