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TheZuo Tradition / ZuozhuanReader - Selections from China’s Earliest Narrative History (Paperback): Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee... TheZuo Tradition / ZuozhuanReader - Selections from China’s Earliest Narrative History (Paperback)
Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, David Schaberg
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Zuo Tradition, China’s first great work of history, was completed by about 300 BCE and recounts events during a period of disunity from 722 to 468 BCE. The text, which plays a foundational role in Chinese culture, has been newly translated into English by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, and David Schaberg in an unabridged, bilingual, three-volume set. This reader arranges key passages from that set according to topic, as a guide to the study of early Chinese culture and thought. Chapter subjects include succession struggles; women; warfare; ritual propriety; governance; law and punishment; famous statesmen; diplomacy; Confucius and his disciples; dreams and anomalies; and cultural others. An introduction explains the nature and significance of Zuozhuan and discusses how to read the text. Section introductions and judicious footnoting provide contextual information and explain the historical significance and meaning of particular events. The Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan Reader will appeal to readers interested in Chinese and world history, claiming a place on library and personal bookshelves alongside other narratives from the ancient world.

Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan - Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" Volume 3 (Hardcover): Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li,... Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan - Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, David Schaberg
R2,676 Discovery Miles 26 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China's first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation of Volume Three, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all.

TheZuo Tradition / ZuozhuanReader - Selections from China’s Earliest Narrative History (Hardcover): Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee... TheZuo Tradition / ZuozhuanReader - Selections from China’s Earliest Narrative History (Hardcover)
Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, David Schaberg
R2,429 Discovery Miles 24 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Zuo Tradition, China’s first great work of history, was completed by about 300 BCE and recounts events during a period of disunity from 722 to 468 BCE. The text, which plays a foundational role in Chinese culture, has been newly translated into English by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, and David Schaberg in an unabridged, bilingual, three-volume set. This reader arranges key passages from that set according to topic, as a guide to the study of early Chinese culture and thought. Chapter subjects include succession struggles; women; warfare; ritual propriety; governance; law and punishment; famous statesmen; diplomacy; Confucius and his disciples; dreams and anomalies; and cultural others. An introduction explains the nature and significance of Zuozhuan and discusses how to read the text. Section introductions and judicious footnoting provide contextual information and explain the historical significance and meaning of particular events. The Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan Reader will appeal to readers interested in Chinese and world history, claiming a place on library and personal bookshelves alongside other narratives from the ancient world.

Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan - Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (Hardcover): Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, David Schaberg Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan - Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (Hardcover)
Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, David Schaberg; Series edited by Andrew Plaks, Michael Nylan
R7,336 Discovery Miles 73 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China's first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all.

A Patterned Past - Form and Thought in Early Chinese Historiography (Hardcover): David Schaberg A Patterned Past - Form and Thought in Early Chinese Historiography (Hardcover)
David Schaberg
R1,245 R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Save R126 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this comprehensive study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the "Zuozhuan" and "Guoyu," David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the fourth century B.C.E. among the followers of Confucius. He contends that the coherent view of early China found in these texts is an effect of their origins and the habits of reading they impose. Rather than being totally accurate accounts, they represent the efforts of a group of officials and ministers to argue for a moralizing interpretation of the events of early Chinese history and for their own value as skilled interpreters of events and advisers to the rulers of the day.

Idle Talk (Paperback): Jack W Chen, David Schaberg Idle Talk (Paperback)
Jack W Chen, David Schaberg
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gossip and anecdote may be "idle talk," but they also serve to knit together individuals in society and to provide the materials through which literary culture and historical memory are constructed. This groundbreaking book provides a cultural history of gossip and anecdote in traditional China, beginning with the Han dynasty and ending with the Qing. The ten essays, along with the introduction and postface, address the verification, transmission, and interpretation of gossip and anecdote across literary and historical genres. Contributors: Sarah M. Allen, Beverly J. Bossler, Jack W. Chen, Ronald Egan, Dore J. Levy, Stephen Owen, Graham Sanders, David Schaberg, Anna M. Shields, Richard E. Strassberg, and, Xiaofei Tian.

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