Writing and Literacy in Early China : Studies from the Columbia Early China Seminar.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Early China Chronology -- Map of Important Archaeological Sites -- Introduction: Writing as a Phenomenon of Literacy / Li Feng and David Prager Branner -- Part I: Origins and the Linguistic Dimension -- Chapter 1: Getting "Right" with Heaven and the Origins of Writing in China / David W. Pankenier -- Chapter 2: Literacy and the Emergence of Writing in China / William G. Boltz -- Chapter 3: Phonology in the Chinese Script and Its Relationship to Early Chinese Literacy / David Prager Branner -- Part II: Scribal Training and Practice -- Chapter 4: Literacy to the South and the East of Anyang in Shang China: Zhengzhou and Daxinzhuang / Ken-ichi Takashima -- Chapter 5: The Evidence for Scribal Training at Anyang / Adam Smith -- Chapter 6: Textual Identity and the Role of Literacy in the Transmission of Early Chinese Literature / Matthias L. Richter -- Part III: Literacy and Social Contexts -- Chapter 7: The Royal Audience and Its Reflections in Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Chapter 8: Literacy and the Social Contexts of Writing in the Western Zhou / Li Feng -- Chapter 9: Education and the Way of the Former Kings / Constance A. Cook -- Part IV: The Extent of Literacy in the Early Empire -- Chapter 10: Soldiers, Scribes, and Women: Literacy among the Lower Orders in Early China / Robin D. S. Yates -- Chapter 11: Craftsman's Literacy: Uses of Writing by Male and Female Artisans in Qin and Han China / Anthony J. Barbieri-Low -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

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