The Oxford handbook of early China

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The Oxford handbook of early China

edited by Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

Oxford University Press, c2020

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "The Oxford Handbook of Early China celebrates the research of multidisciplines ranging from history and archaeology, paleography and textual analysis to art historical and technological material. The coverage in 35 chapters is treated chronologically, beginning with the Neolithic and ending with the Springs and Autumns Period (ca 5000BCE-500BCE). Each chapter innovates in providing the most up-to-date content whether due to new archaeological discoveries or to new methodological approaches. Material is up-to-date and meticulously documented, in dealing with issues such as the origins of new military technical views of Warring States date, the historiography and political thought of the Springs and Autumns Period, new inscriptional data for Western Zhou ritual, the identity of a Shang woman warrior, Middle Shang periodization, the development of iron technology, the Jade Age issue, and the southern Neolithic revolution. ..."

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  • The Neolithic Revolution in the North, ca. 7/6000-2000 BCE: Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures (Inequality/Social Complexity in Neolithic Northern China) / Andrew Womack
  • The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 BCE: Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, Songze
  • Cultures / Xiangming Fang
  • The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China / Chung Tang, Mana H. Tang, Yadi Wen, and Guoxiang Liu
  • The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 BCE / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
  • Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu / Bin Liu
  • Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology / Nu He
  • Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Debate / Hong Xu,
  • Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture / Hong Xu and Xiang Li
  • The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set / Hong Xu and Liu Yu
  • The Spread of Erlitou Yazhang to South China and the Origin and Dispersal of Early Political States / Chung Tang and Fang Wang
  • The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang / Jonathan Smith and Yuzhou Fan
  • The Early and Middle Shang Periods / Guoding Song
  • Shang Religion, Belief, and Art / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
  • Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues / Changping Zhang
  • Late Shang: The Layout and Architecture of Anyang Shang City / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
  • Late Shang: Fu Zi and M5 at Xiaotun / Dingyun Cao
  • Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting / Maria Khayutina
  • Western Zhou Government and Society / Nicholas Vogt
  • Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts) / Constance A. Cook
  • Western Zhou Bronze-Working, Stylistic, and Other Innovations / Yan Sun
  • Bells and Music in the Zhou / Scott Cook
  • Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period: Terms and Dating / Yuri Pines
  • Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the Springs and Autumns Period / Yuri Pines
  • Cultures and Styles during the Springs and Autumns Period / Xiaolong Wu
  • The Warring States Period: Historical Background / Yuri Pines
  • Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern Zhou Period of Ancient China / Wengcheong Lam
  • Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States Period / Yuri Pines
  • Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and the Material Record during the Warring States Period / Charles Sanft
  • Political, Military, and Economic Reforms: The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States Period / Albert Galvany
  • Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during
  • the Warring States Period / Andrew Meyer
  • Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Thinkers; Confucians and Their Critics; Mozi and
  • Mencius; Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Han Feizi / Moss Roberts
  • Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Mozi / Vincent S. Leung
  • Social, Intellectual, and Religious Transformations: Mohism and Jian Ai / Carine Defoort
  • Chu Religion and Art / John S. Major and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
  • The Artistic Revolution during the Warring States Period / Jie Shi

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Oxford Handbook on Early China brings 30 scholars together to cover early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500BCE). The study is chronological and incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, covering topics from archaeology, anthropology, art history, architecture, music, and metallurgy, to literature, religion, paleography, cosmology, religion, prehistory, and history.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors SECTION I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Introduction and Background to The Oxford Handbook on Early China Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University SECTION II NEOLITHIC FARMERS, CERAMICS, AND JADE 1. The Neolithic Revolution in the North ca. 7/6000-2000 bce: Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures (Inequality/Social Complexity) in Neolithic Northern China Andrew Womack, Yale University 2. The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 bce, Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze Cultures Xiangming Fang, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 3. The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China Chung Tang, Shandong University, Mana Hayashi Tang, Washington University in St. Louis, Guoxiang Liu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS and Yadi Wen, Southern University of Science and Technology 4. The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 bce Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University 5. Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu Bin Liu, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 6. Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology Nu He, Institute of Archaeology, CASS SECTION III FIRST DYNASTY OF THE BRONZE AGE: XIA PERIOD 7. Introduction to the Xia Period: Definitions, Themes, and Debate Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS 8. Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh 9. The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh 10. The Spread of Erlitou yazhang to South China and the Origin and Dispersal of Early Political States Chung Tang, Shandong University and Fang Wang, Jinsha Site Museum SECTION IV THE FIRST HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE SHANG PERIOD 11. The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang Jonathan Smith, Christopher Newport University, with Yuzhou Fan, Nanjing University 12. Early and Middle Shang Periods Guoding Song, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 13. Shang Belief and Art Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University 14. Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues Changping Zhang, Wuhan University 15. Late Shang Ritual and Residential Architecture at Great City Shang, Yinxu in Anyang, Henan Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University 16. Late Shang: Fu Zi [Fu Hao] and M5 at Xiaotun Dingyun Cao, Institute of Archaeology, CASS SECTION V THE SECOND HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE WESTERN ZHOU PERIOD 17. Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting Maria Khayutina, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich 18. Western Zhou Government and Society Paul Nicholas Vogt, Indiana University 19. Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts) Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University 20. Bronze Vessels: Style, Assemblages, and Innovations of the Western Zhou Period Yan Sun, Gettysburg College 21. Bells and Music in the Zhou Scott Cook, Yale-NUS College SECTION VI THE THIRD HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: SPRINGS AND AUTUMNS PERIOD 22. Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 23. Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the Springs and Autumns Period Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 24. Cultures and Styles of Art during the Springs and Autumns Period Xiaolong Wu, Hanover College SECTION VII THE IRON AGE-WARRING STATES PERIOD 25. The Warring States Period: Historical Background Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 26. Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern Zhou Period Wengcheong Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong 27. Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States Period Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 28. Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and the Material Record during the Warring States Period Charles Sanft, University of Tennessee 29. The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States Period Albert Galvany, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU 30. The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during the Warring States Period Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College 31. Confucius, Mencius, and Their Daoist-Legalist Critics Moss Roberts, New York University 32. Mozi Vincent S. Leung, Lingnan University 33. Mohism and the Evolving Notion of Jian Ai Carine Defoort, University of Leuven 34. Chu Religion and Art John S. Major, Independent Scholar, and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University 35. The Artistic Revolution in the Warring States Period Jie Shi, Bryn Mawr College Index

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