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ISBN-10: 0295747757
ISBN-13: 9780295747750
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publish Date: 10/31/2020
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 5.90" W, 0.90" H

The Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan Reader: Selections from China’s Earliest Narrative History

Translated byStephen Durrant
Translator: Wai-Yee Li
Translator: David Schaberg

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Price: $32.00

Overview

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.

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"[An] immensely rich work. . . . The present translation addresses itself not only to specialists in Chinese history but to a general readership interested in the history of historiography. . . . A very major contribution towards the feasibility of a comparative study of historiography in East Asia and in the world.""

– "Journal of Chinese Studies"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0295747757
ISBN-13: 9780295747750
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publish Date: 10/31/2020
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 5.90" W, 0.90" H
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