In this book, Li Min proposes a new paradigm for the foundation and
emergence of the classical tradition in early China, from the late
Neolithic through the Zhou period. Using a wide range of historical
and archaeological data, he explains the development of ritual
authority and particular concepts of kingship over time in relation
to social memory. His volume weaves together the major benchmarks
in the emergence of the classical tradition, particularly how
legacies of prehistoric interregional interactions, state
formation, urban florescence and collapse during the late third and
the second millenniums BCE laid the critical foundation for the
Sandai notion of history among Zhou elite. Moreover, the
literary-historical accounts of the legendary Xia Dynasty in early
China reveal a cultural construction involving social memories of
the past and subsequent political elaborations in various phases of
history. This volume enables a new understanding on the long-term
processes that enabled a classical civilization in China to take
shape.
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