The embodied text [electronic resource] : establishing textual identity in early Chinese manuscripts / by Matthias L. Richter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Matthias L.

Series:

Studies in the History of Chinese Texts 3.

Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese classics--Criticism, Textual.

Chinese classics.

Chinese literature--Criticism, Textual.

Chinese literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Embodied Text Matthias L. Richter offers an exemplary study of a 300 BCE Chinese manuscript, exploring significant differences between the Warring States manuscript text and its transmitted early imperial counterparts. These differences reveal the adaptation of the text to a changed political environment as well as general ideological developments. This study further demonstrates how the physical embodiment of the text in the manuscript reflects modes of textual formation and social uses of written texts.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1. The Context of the Manuscript

2. Codicological Examination

3. Paleographic Examination

4. Presentation of the Text

5. The Extension of *Min zhi fumu

6. A Hierarchy of Criteria for Deciding on Disputed Readings

7. Variants of Little Consequence for the Content of the Text

8. Restoring Lost Manuscript Text

9. Variants Concerning the Central Ideas of the Text

10. The Core Text

11. The Evolving Role of the Odes in Ru Instruction

12. The Conclusion of the Core Text

13. Later Additions to the Core Text: Indexical Text

14. Texts as Repositories of Didactic Material: Active vs. Passive Text

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-95540-7

90-04-24381-X

OCLC:

824734228

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004243811 DOI