Transmitting authority : Wang Tong (ca. 584-617) and the Zhongshuo in medieval China's manuscript culture / by Ding Xiang Warner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warner, Ding Xiang, 1961- author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 113.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; Volume 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wang, Tong, 584-617.

Wang, Tong.

Wang, Tong, 584?-618? Wenzhongzi Zhong shuo--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transmitting Authority investigates the rise and fall of the cultural currency of the Confucian teacher Wang Tong (ca. 584–617), a.k.a. Master Wenzhong, in the five centuries following his death, by examining the textual and social history of the Zhongshuo , which purports to record Wang Tong’s teachings. Incorporating theories and methodologies from textual criticism, the history of the book, and cultural studies, Warner reveals evidence of the Zhongshuo ’s textual fluidity during the Tang and early Song dynasties, and argues that this fluidity attended the shifting terms of the Zhongshuo ’s cultural value for medieval China’s literati culture. In doing so, Warner offers scholars a model for the study of other works whose textual problems and historical significance have hitherto seemed inscrutable.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: The Enigmatic Case of the Zhongshuo

1. The Transmission History of the Zhongshuo, Seventh through Eleventh Centuries

2. Features, Problems, and Puzzles in the Received Zhongshuo

3. The Genesis of a Confucian Master’s Legacy

4. The Cultivation of a Family Legacy

5. Appropriations of the Master’s Legacy

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27633-5

OCLC:

881416944

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004276338 DOI