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Writing and Authority in Early China

Writing and Authority in Early China

Mark Edward Lewis

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State University of New York Press
Año de edición:
1999
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Historia de Asia
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9780791441145
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Traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and authority in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the basis of imperial authority.

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