The songs of the Royal ZhÅu (âZhÅu Nánâ å¨å) and of the Royal Shà o (âShà o Nánâ å¬å) have formed a conceptual unit since at least the late Spring and Autumn period (771â453 BC). With this book Meyer and Schwartz provide a first complete reading of their earliest, Warring States (453â221 BC), iteration as witnessed by the ÄnhuÄ« University manuscripts. As a thought experiment, the authors seek to establish an emic reading of these songs, which they contextualise in the larger framework of studies of the ShÄ« (Songs) and of meaning production during the Warring States period more broadly. The analysis casts light on how the Songs were used by different groups during the Warring States period.
Dirk Meyer, Ph.D. (2008), Leiden University, is Associate Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Fellow of The Queenâs College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Philosophy on Bamboo (Brill 2012), Documentation and Argument in Early China (De Gruyter 2021), and co-editor of Literary Forms of Argument in Early China (Brill 2015, with Joachim Gentz) and Origins of Chinese Political Philosophy (Brill 2017, with Martin Kern).
Adam Craig Schwartz, Ph.D. (2013), University of Chicago, is Associate Director of the Jao Tsung-i Academy of Sinology and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the author of The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East (De Gruyter 2019).
Introduction
â1âThe Än Dà ShÄ«
â2âAttempting an âEmicâ Reading of the Än Dà ShÄ«
â3âWriting the Image Programme of the Songs
â4âBringing to Life the Sound Moulds of ShÄ« Production
â5âSounding the Image Programme of the Songs
â6âReceiving the ShÄ«
â7âThe Significance of the Royal ZhÅu and the Royal Shà o
â8âWhat Does âNánâ Mean?
â9âThe Significance of the Än Dà ShÄ«
â10âThe Songs of the Royal ZhÅu and the Royal Shà o: Conventions
Songs of the Royal Shà o
â1âList of Songs
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â3âShà o Nán 2å¬åäº
â4âShà o Nán 3å¬åä¸
â5âShà o Nán 4å¬åå
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â7âShà o Nán 6å¬åå
â8âShà o Nán 7å¬åä¸
â9âShà o Nán 8å¬åå «
â10âShà o Nán 9 å¬åä¹
â11âShà o Nán 10å¬åå
â12âShà o Nán 11å¬ååä¸
â13âShà o Nán 12å¬ååäº
â14âShà o Nán 13å¬ååä¸
â15âShà o Nán 14å¬ååå
Bibliography Index
All interested in the poetic traditions of Early China, anyone interested in the textual history of the Shījīng (Classic of Songs), manuscript cultures, and meaning production in Early China.