The Oxford handbook of early China / edited by Elizabeth Childs-Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks.

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--To 221 B.C.

China.

China--History--To 221 B.C--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The Oxford Handbook on Early China celebrates the research of multidisciplines ranging from history and archaeology, paleography and textual analysis to art historical and technological material. The coverage in 35 chapters is treated chronologically, beginning with the Neolithic and ending with the Springs and Autumns Period (ca 5000BCE-500BCE). Each chapter innovates in providing the most up-to-date content whether due to new archaeological discoveries or to new methodological approaches. Material is up-to-date and meticulously documented, in dealing with issues such as the origins of new military technical views of Warring States date, the historiography and political thought of the Springs and Autumns Period, new inscriptional data for Western Zhou ritual, the identity of a Shang woman warrior, Middle Shang periodization, the development of iron technology, the Jade Age issue, and the southern Neolithic revolution. This volume brings together a wealth of interdisciplinary data, which will be useful for both novice and expert in the field of Sinological studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Neolithic Revolution in the North, ca. 7/6000-2000 BCE: Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures (Inequality/Social Complexity in Neolithic Northern China) / Andrew Womack

The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 BCE: Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, Songze

Cultures / Xiangming Fang

The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China / Chung Tang, Mana H. Tang, Yadi Wen, and Guoxiang Liu

The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 BCE / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu / Bin Liu

Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology / Nu He

Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Debate / Hong Xu,

Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture / Hong Xu and Xiang Li

The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set / Hong Xu and Liu Yu

The Spread of Erlitou Yazhang to South China and the Origin and Dispersal of Early Political States / Chung Tang and Fang Wang

The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang / Jonathan Smith and Yuzhou Fan

The Early and Middle Shang Periods / Guoding Song

Shang Religion, Belief, and Art / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues / Changping Zhang

Late Shang: The Layout and Architecture of Anyang Shang City / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

Late Shang: Fu Zi and M5 at Xiaotun / Dingyun Cao

Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting / Maria Khayutina

Western Zhou Government and Society / Nicholas Vogt

Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts) / Constance A. Cook

Western Zhou Bronze-Working, Stylistic, and Other Innovations / Yan Sun

Bells and Music in the Zhou / Scott Cook

Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period: Terms and Dating / Yuri Pines

Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the Springs and Autumns Period / Yuri Pines

Cultures and Styles during the Springs and Autumns Period, / Xiaolong Wu

The Warring States Period: Historical Background / Yuri Pines

Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern Zhou Period of Ancient China / Wengcheong Lam

Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States Period / Yuri Pines

Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and the Material Record during the Warring States Period / Charles Sanft

Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States Period / Albert Galvany

Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during

the Warring States Period / Andrew Meyer

Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Thinkers; Confucians and Their Critics; Mozi and

Mencius; Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Han Feizi / Moss Roberts

Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Mozi / Vincent S. Leung

Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Mohism and Jian Ai / Carine Defoort

Chu Religion and Art / John S. Major and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

The Artistic Revolution during the Warring States Period / Jie Shi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780199328369

0-19-009747-7

0-19-752324-2

9780197523247

0-19-932837-4

0199328366

OCLC:

1157842039