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Sources of Western Zhou History : Inscribed Bronze Vessels /
The thousands of ritual bronze vessels discovered by China's archaeologists serve as the major documentary source for the Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.). These vessels contain long inscriptions full of detail on subjects as diverse as the military history of the period, the bureaucratic s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1991.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- A brief history of bronze inscription studies
- The casting of an inscribed bronze vessel, with remarks on the question of authenticity
- How to read a Western Zhou bronze inscription
- The periodization of inscribed Western Zhou bronze vessels
- Further historiographical questions regarding inscribed Western Zhou bronze vessels.