Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History
Coordonnateur : Goldin Paul R.
The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts. Excavations of settlements and tombs have demonstrated that most people did not lead their lives in accordance with ritual canons, while previously unknown documents have shown that most received histories were written retrospectively by victors and present a correspondingly anachronistic perspective.
This handbook provides an authoritative survey of the major periods of Chinese history from the Neolithic era to the fall of the Latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity (AD 220). It is the first volume to include not only a comprehensive review of political history but also detailed treatments of topics that transcend particular historical periods, such as:
- Warfare and political thought
- Cities and agriculture
- Language and art
- Medicine and mathematics
Providing a detailed analysis of the most up-to-date research by leading scholars in the field of early Chinese history, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese history, Asian archaeology, and Chinese studies in general.
Introduction: What Is Early Chinese History?, Paul R. Goldin Part I: Chronology 1. Main Issues in the Study of the Chinese Neolithic, Gideon Shelach-Lavi 2. Of Millets and Wheat: Diet and Health on the Central Plain of China during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, Kate Pechenkina 3. The Bronze Age before the Zhou Dynasty, Robert Bagley 4. The Western Zhou State, Li Feng 5. The Age of Territorial Lords, Chen Shen 6. The Qin Dynasty, Charles Sanft 7. The Former Han Empire, Vincent S. Leung 8. The Latter Han Empire and the End of Antiquity, Wicky W.K. TsePart II: Topical Studies 9. The Old Chinese Language, Axel Schuessler 10. Writing, Luo Xinhui; tr. Zachary Hershey and Paul R. Goldin 11. The Spirit World, Jue Guo 12. Religious Thought, Ori Tavor 13. Political Thought, Yuri Pines 14. Food and Agriculture, Roel Sterckx 15. Warfare, Wicky W.K. Tse 16. Currency, François Thierry 17. Women in Early China: Views from the Archaeological Record, Anne Behnke Kinney 18. An Overview of the Qin-Han Legal System from the Perspective of Recently Unearthed Documents, Kyung-ho Kim and Ming-chiu Lai 19. Literature, Stephen Durrant 20. Art, Wang Haicheng 21. "Medicine" in Early China, Miranda Brown 22. Mathematics, Karine Chemla 23. Astronomy, David Pankenier
Paul R. Goldin is Professor of East Asian Languages & Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. His recent publications include the Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei (2012) and A Concise Companion to Confucius (2017).
Date de parution : 06-2020
17.4x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 05-2018
17.4x24.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
Liu Xiu; Shang Oracle Bone Inscriptions; warring; Oracle Bone Inscriptions; states; Bronze Inscriptions; period; Late Shang; china; Western Zhou Period; bronze; Early China; inscriptions; Zuo Zhuan; late; Zhou King; shang; Warring States Period; zuo; Han Empire; zhuan; Celestial Masters; Gideon Shelach-Lavi; Shang Kings; Kate Pechenkina; Liu Bang; Robert Bagley; Zhou Royal House; Li Feng; Young Men; Chen Shen; Millennium Bce; Charles Sanft; Early Chinese Thinkers; Vincent S; Leung; Lower Yangtze Region; Wicky W.K; Tse; Bronze Vessels; Axel Schuessler; Early Chinese; Luo Xinhui; Zhou Conquest; Zachary Hershey; Wei River; Jue Guo; Li Fang Kuei; Ori Tavor; Yuelu Academy; Yuri Pines; Roel Sterckx; François Thierry; Anne Behnke Kinney; Kyung-ho Kim; Ming-chiu Lai; Stephen Durrant; Wang Haicheng; Miranda Brown; Karine Chemla; David Pankenier