Warring States Papers (Volume 1)

Studies in Chinese and Comparative Philology

edited by Alvin P. Cohen, Donald E. Gjertson and E. Bruce Brooks

Book cover: Warring States Papers (Volume 1)

Extent: 256 pages

Publisher: Warring States Project

Subjects: Asian/Pacific Studies & Religions, Language & Linguistics

Series: Ancient China in Context

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9781936166015

Price: $40.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9781936166114

Price: $32.00

Warring States Papers seeks to apply standard philological methods to major unsolved textual problems: (a) to establish the nature and interrelations of the texts, including the recognition of interpolations and of text growth generally; (b) to date the texts or their constituent layers; and finally (c) to read the history of the period from that newly available source material. In both fields, with their core of culturally protected texts, these fundamental preliminaries have tended to be overlooked. The Project’s revolution, in both its fields of concern, has consisted in large part of not overlooking them. Once the basic questions have been asked and at least in part answered, the history of each period is more readily available for further study as such, and for comparison with similar developments both ancient and modern. New contributions developing this methodologically fresh beginning are welcome. To encourage them, and to ensure variety in each annual volume, the journal emphasizes short articles rather than long disquisitions.

  • Edited by E. Bruce Brooks
  • Edited by Alvin P. Cohen
  • Edited by Donald E. Gjertson