{"product_id":"documentation-and-argument-in-early-dirk-meyer-9783110708417","title":"Documentation and Argument in Early China: The Sh瀟gsh\u0026#363; \u0026#23578;\u0026#26360; (Venerated Documents) and the Sh\u0026#363; Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Sh瀟gshū (Venerated Documents). It is the first to establish these traditions--\"Shū\" (Documents)--as a historically evolving practice of thought-production. By focusing on the literary form of the argument, it interprets the \"Shū\" as fluid text material that embodies the ever-changing cultural capital of projected conceptual communities. By showing how these communities actualised the \"Shū\" according to their changing visions of history and evolving group interests, the study establishes that by the Warring States period (ca. 453-221 BC) the \"Shū\" had become a literary genre employed by diverse groups to legitimize their own arguments. Through forms of textual performance, the \"Shū\" gave even peripheral communities the means to participate in political discourse by conferring their ideas with ancient authority. Analysing this dynamic environment of socio-political and philosophical change, this study speaks to the Early China field, as well as to those interested in meaning production and foundational text formation more widely. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110708418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110708417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Dirk Meyer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990972334335,"sku":"9783110708417","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cc5541f-9179-44ac-b5fb-8b0b0a0a0b70.jpg?v=1683307712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/documentation-and-argument-in-early-dirk-meyer-9783110708417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}