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A Patterned Past

- Form and Thought in Early Chinese Historiography

About A Patterned Past

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 BCE among the followers of Confucius.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674008618
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 528
  • Published:
  • April 15, 2002
  • Dimensions:
  • 259x238x34 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 870 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 28, 2024

Description of A Patterned Past

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 BCE among the followers of Confucius.

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