36.3689, Books: The Narration of China (Part 1): Zhi (ed.) (2025)

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Date: 27-Nov-2025
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: The Narration of China (Part 1): Zhi (ed.) (2025)


Title: The Narration of China (Part 1)
Subtitle: Ancient China between the Lines
Series Title: Ancient Languages and Civilizations
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/69731

Editor(s): Chen Zhi

Hardback ISBN: 978-90-04-69391-3
E-Book ISBN: 978-90-04-71554-7 (published in Open Access)

Abstract:

Part 1 of the Festschrift honoring William H. Nienhauser invites
readers to explore the fascinating world of ancient Chinese texts
through a scholarly lens. The collected articles investigate how
already in early times, formerly lost texts were recovered, studied,
and edited in order to produce the literature now accessible to us.
They analyze how ancient poems inscribed on newly unearthed bamboo
slips can be dated according to their rhyme structure and linguistic
nuances. And readers will further delve into the vivid accounts of
kings and heroes recorded by Sima Qian in his Records of the Grand
Historian and gain insights into his personal reflections on figures
like Zhang Qian and the developing trade routes between East and West.
In sum, this volume provides a comprehensive insight into the rich
tapestry of pre-Qin and Han era literature and historiography.
This book is open to both academic and popular readership. A wide
range of sinological subjects is covered, including but not limited to
unearthed texts, official historical records, ancient documents and
poems.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Chinese (zho)

Language Family(ies): Chinese

Written In: English (eng)



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