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Studies in the History of Chinese Texts
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Origins of Chinese Political Philosophy
Studies in the Composition and Thought of the Shangshu(Classic of Documents)
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Contents
Introduction 1Martin Kern and Dirk Meyer
1 Language and the Ideology of Kingship in the “Canon of Yao” 23Martin Kern
2 Competing Voices in the Shangshu 62Kai Vogelsang
3 Recontextualization and Memory Production: Debates on Rulership as Reconstructed from “Gu ming” 顧命 106
Dirk Meyer
4 One Heaven, One History, One People: Repositioning the Zhou in Royal Addresses to Subdued Enemies in the “Duo shi” 多士and “Duo fang” 多方Chapters of the Shangshu and in the “Shang shi” 商誓 Chapter of the Yi Zhoushu 146
Joachim Gentz
5 The Qinghua “Jinteng”金縢 Manuscript: What It Does Not Tell Us about the Duke of Zhou 193
Magnus Ribbing Gren
6 “Shu” Traditions and Text Recomposition: A Reevaluation of “Jinteng” 金縢and “Zhou Wu Wang you ji” 周武王有疾 224
Dirk Meyer
7 The Yi Zhoushu and the Shangshu: The Case of Texts with Speeches 249
Yegor Grebnev
8 The “Harangues” (Shi 誓) in the Shangshu 281Martin Kern
9 Speaking of Documents: Shu Citations in Warring States Texts 320David Schaberg
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ContentsContents vListofFiguresandTables viiIntroduction 1MartinKernandDirkMeyerChapter1LanguageandtheIdeologyofKingshipinthe“CanonofYao” 23MartinKernChapter2CompetingVoicesintheShangshu 62KaiVogelsangChapter3RecontextualizationandMemoryProduction:DebatesonRulershipasReconstructedfrom“Guming”顧命 106DirkMeyerChapter4OneHeaven,OneHistory,OnePeople:RepositioningtheZhouinRoyalAddressestoSubduedEnemiesinthe“Duoshi”多士and“Duofang”多方ChaptersoftheShangshuandinthe“Shangshi”商誓ChapteroftheYi Zhoushu 146JoachimGentzChapter5TheQinghua“Jinteng”金縢Manuscript:WhatItDoesNotTellUsabouttheDukeofZhou 193MagnusRibbingGrenChapter6“Shu”TraditionsandTextRecomposition:AReevaluationof“Jinteng”金縢and“ZhouWuWangyouji”周武王有疾 224DirkMeyerChapter7TheYi Zhoushu andtheShangshu: TheCaseofTextswithSpeeches 249YegorGrebnevChapter8The“Harangues”(Shi誓)intheShangshu 281MartinKernChapter9SpeakingofDocuments:ShuCitationsinWarringStatesTexts 320DavidSchabergChapter10A Toiling Monarch? The “Wu yi”無逸Chapter Revisited 360YuriPinesChapter11Against(Uninformed)Idleness:SituatingtheDidacticismof“Wuyi”無逸 393MichaelHunterChapter12“Bishi”粊誓,WesternZhouOathTexts,andtheLegalCultureofEarlyChina 416MariaKhayutinaChapter13ConceptsofLawintheShangshu 446CharlesSanftChapter14SpatialModelsoftheStateinEarlyChineseTexts:TributeNetworksandtheArticulationofPowerandAuthorityinShangshu “Yugong”禹貢andYi Zhoushu “Wanghui”王會 475RobinMcNealIndex 496
10 A Toiling Monarch? The “Wu yi” 無逸 Chapter Revisited 360Yuri Pines
11 Against (Uninformed) Idleness: Situating the Didacticism of “Wu yi” 無逸 393
Michael Hunter
12 “Bi shi” 粊誓, Western Zhou Oath Texts, and the Legal Culture of Early China 416
Maria Khayutina
13 Concepts of Law in the Shangshu 446Charles Sanft
14 Spatial Models of the State in Early Chinese Texts: Tribute Networks and the Articulation of Power and Authority in Shangshu “Yu gong”禹貢and Yi Zhoushu “Wang hui”王會 475
Robin McNeal
Index 497
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