Spring and autumn historiography : form and hierarchy in an ancient Chinese annals / Newell Ann Van Auken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Auken, Newell Ann, author.

Series:

Tang center series in early China.

Tang center series in early China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucius. Chun qiu.

Confucius.

Historiography.

China--History--Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C--Historiography.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The Spring and Autumn is an annals text composed of brief records covering the period 722-479 BCE. Newell Ann Van Auken argues that record-keepers from the ancient Chinese state of Lu-not a later editor-produced the formally regular core of the text.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Sets

Acknowledgments

Scholarly Conventions

Chronology: Lu Rulers of the Spring and Autumn

Introduction

1. Orientations: Approaches to Spring and Autumn Historiography

2. Recording the Day

3. Encoding Individual Rank

4. An Idealized Interstate Order

5.Registering Judgments

6. Concealing Submission

Conclusions: Spring and Autumn Historiography and the Formally Regular Core

Appendix 1: Defining a "Record"

Appendix 2: Event Types in the Spring and Autumn

Appendix 3: Diachronic Changes in Frequency and Form in the Spring and Autumn

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-318) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Van Auken, Newell Ann Spring and Autumn Historiography

ISBN:

0-231-55651-9

OCLC:

1366296411