Full Product Details
Author: Yuri Pines (Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231196628
ISBN 10: 0231196628
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 10 November 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Reviews
In this remarkable book, Yuri Pines not only provides a scholarly translation of the recently unearthed bamboo manuscript, Xinian, he uses this quasi-historical text from the fourth century BCE as an opportunity to reexamine and recast our understanding of the entire field of Zhou historiography. It is a breakthrough work and will surely stimulate many new debates. -- Sarah Allan, author of <i>The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective</i> In Pines's masterful hands, an accessible, deeply informed translation and study of Xinian becomes the basis for a ground-up reinterpretation of early Chinese historical writing practices and sources. Compelling in its vision and its engagement with primary and secondary sources, the study is likely to influence debate for years to come. -- David Schaberg, cotranslator of <i>Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals </i> Zhou History Unearthed is a magisterial account of recently excavated sources for early Chinese history. It offers crucial insights into the lacunae in transmitted historical accounts and reshapes our understanding of the formation and transmission of historical knowledge in early China. The excellent translations are accompanied by meticulously researched annotations and astute introductory essays that invite the reader to rethink the shape and trajectory of early Chinese history and historical writings. -- Wai-yee Li, author of <i>The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography</i> Zhou History Unearthed provides more than a precise, carefully annotated translation of the newly discovered Xinian manuscript. With an unrivaled command of the sources and their scholarship, Yuri Pines reads the uniquely important Xinian against our transmitted texts and offers a magisterial reevaluation of early Chinese historiography altogether. -- Martin Kern, author of <i>The Stele Inscriptions of Ch'in Shih-huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation Zhou History Unearthed is a magnificent work from Yuri Pines, a scholar who knows the history of the Zhou period as well as anyone currently writing in English. -- Stephen Durrant, University of Oregon
Zhou History Unearthed is a magnificent work from Yuri Pines, a scholar who knows the history of the Zhou period as well as anyone currently writing in English -- Stephen Durrant, University of Oregon
Author Information
Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China (Columbia, 2017) and The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012).
