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The Nivison Annals : Selected Works of David S. Nivison on Early Chinese Chronology, Astronomy, and Historiography /

In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says, "Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful, success will show right off." Since the late 1970's Nivison has focused his scholars...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nivison, David S. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Schwartz, Adam C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Colección:Library of Sinology ; 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The He zun Inscription and the Beginning of Zhou
  • 2. Supplement to the "The 'Question' Question"-- British Museum Scapula and British Museum Library Deer Horn
  • 3. The King and the Bird: a Possible Genuine Shang Literary Text and Its Echoes in Later Philosophy and Religion
  • 4. The Hampers of Zeng: Some Problems in Archaeoastronomy
  • 5. New Study of Xiaotun Yinxu Wenzi Jiabian 2416
  • 6. Research Notes On Yin Li Chronology per Zheng Xuan
  • 7. A Tell-tale Mistake in the Lü shi Chunqiu: The Earthquake Supposedly in the Eighth Year of Wen Wang of Zhou
  • 8. The Origin of the Chaochen Rule
  • 9. A New Analysis of the Guoyu Astrological Text
  • 10. Qingming Day, 1040 BC
  • 11. Kong Jia of Xia, 1577-1569 BC
  • 12. Shaughnessy's Slip
  • 13. Review of Sun, Xiaochun, and Jacob Kistemaker, The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society
  • 14. Zhang Peiyu on the Dayuan Li yi and the "Jinben" Zhushu jinian
  • 15. The 1046 Hypothesis
  • 16. Huang Di to Zhi Bo: A Problem in Historical Epistemology
  • 17. Was Warring States China Ahead of Greece in Science?
  • 18. Notes on Royal Ontario Museum, White Collection, #1908
  • 19. 90th Birthday Address
  • 20. Two yuan and Four quarters
  • 21. The "31 Years" Problem
  • 22. The Nivison-Shaughnessy Debate on the Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian)
  • 23. Important Discoveries and Bad Mistakes
  • Postface 1
  • Postface 2
  • Preface