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The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography

About The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography

What are the possibilities and limits of historical knowledge? This book explores these issues through a study of the Zuozhuan, a foundational text in the Chinese tradition, whose rhetorical and analytical self-consciousness reveals much about the contending ways of thought unfolding during the period of the text's formation.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674017771
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 425
  • Published:
  • January 31, 2008
  • Dimensions:
  • 235x162x38 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 788 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 28, 2024

Description of The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography

What are the possibilities and limits of historical knowledge? This book explores these issues through a study of the Zuozhuan, a foundational text in the Chinese tradition, whose rhetorical and analytical self-consciousness reveals much about the contending ways of thought unfolding during the period of the text's formation.

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