Paola Dematte (department of Theory Professor and History of Art a

The Origins of Chinese Writing

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an investigation on the prehistoric origins and early historic development of Chinese writing, with a focus on archaeological material.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780197635766
• ISBN-10: 0197635768
• Artikelnr.: 66135220

Autorenporträt

Paola Demattè is Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology in the Theory and History of Art and Design Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of content i-iii
* List of figures iv-xi
* 0. Introduction 1-16
* 0.1 Origins of Chinese writing: the scope of this research
* 0.2 Theory
* 0.3 The debate on the origins of Chinese writing: dynamics and timing
* 0.4 Archaeology and Textual sources
* 0.5 Goals and limits
* 0.6 Organization of the book
* 0.7 A note on terminology
* 0.8 On phonetic transcriptions.
* 0.9 Translations
* Part I - Theories and philosophies of writing
* Chapter 1: The nature of Chinese writing 17-37
* 1.1 Logographs and ideographs
* 1.2 Monosyllabism and beyond
* 1.3 Reading Chinese characters
* 1.4 Structure of Chinese characters
* 1.5 Types of characters (orthography)
* 1.6 Polysemy, homographs and allographs
* 1.7 Languages, writing, and diglossia
* Chapter 2: Western and Chinese philosophers on language and writing
34-85
* 2.1 Philosophers on language and writing: the European tradition
* 2.2 Language and writing: Zhou philosophers and the Chinese tradition
* 2.3 Early etymological and philological enquiries: Erya and Shuowen
jiezi
* 2.4 Traditional narratives on the origins of writing
* 2.5 The origins of Chinese writing according to the Shuowen jiezi
* 2.6 Fuxi and the trigrams of the Yijing
* 2.7 Shennong and rope knotting
* 2.8 Huangdi's minister Cangjie creates the first signs
* 2.9 Myth on the origins of writing and history
* Chapter 3: What is Writing? 86-126
* 3.1 Verba volant scripta manent
* 3.2 What is writing? Visual representation, metrology, language
* 3.3 Imagery and writing: overlappings
* 3.4 Rock art, pre-historic art: signs, scenes, and narratives
* 3.5 Early writing and numbers
* 3.6 Early writing and language recording
* 3.7 Writing's origins: evolution or invention?
* 3.8 Origins of Chinese writing: looking at the earliest signs
* Part II - The Neolithic Evidence
* Chapter 4: Early and Middle Neolithic Signs to the Fourth millennium
BCE 127-170
* 4.1 The Neolithic scenario
* 4.2 The Paleolithic - Neolithic transition
* 4.3 The Early Neolithic (8000-5000 BCE): archaeology and signs
* 4.4 Fifth to Fourth Millennium BCE: Middle Neolithic Signs
* 4.5 Early symbols in the Yangzi River Valley: Hemudu and Songze
* 4.6 Shuangdun pictorial signs on pottery
* 4.7 Signs in the Middle Yangzi Three Gorges and adjacent areas: Daxi
(Daixi)
* 4.8 The Middle Yellow and Wei River Valleys: Yangshao and its signs
* 4.8.1 Marks on pottery at Yangshao sites
* 4.8.2 Yangshao marks: previous interpretations
* 4.8.3 Yangshao signs: conclusions
* 4.9 Middle and Upper Yellow River valley painted pottery designs
* 4.10 Gansu and Qinghai area signs: Dadiwan, Majiayao, Banshan,
Machang
* 4.11 The Liao River Valley: Hongshan tri-dimensional signs
* 4.11.1 Hongshan sites
* 4.11.2 Hongshan jades
* 4.12 Conclusions
* Chapter 5: The Third Millennium BCE: Late Neolithic Sign Systems
171-237
* 5.1 The Late Neolithic (3000-2300 BCE) and the Longshan Transition
(2300-1900 BCE)
* 5.2 The Lower Yellow River Valley and Coastal Areas: Dawenkou
* 5.3.1 Dawenkou sites with graphs
* 5.3.2 Dawenkou graphs: structural analysis
* 5.3.3 Dawenkou signs: the archaeological evidence
* 5.5 The lower Yangzi River valley and delta area: Liangzhu
* 5.5.1 Inscribed Liangzhu jades: collections and provenance
* 5.3.2 Liangzhu jade graphs: structure, types and previous
interpretations
* 5.5.3 Liangzhu graphs: meanings and functions
* 5.5.4 Liangzhu emblems and decorations: the double-face
* 5.5.5 Liangzhu pottery marks
* 5.5.6 Liangzhu signs: conclusions
* 5.6 The Jianghan - Dongting area: Qujialing and Shijiahe (c.
3200-2000 BCE)
* 5.6.1 Qujialing and Shijiahe graphs
* 5.6.2 Shijiahe graphs: analysis
* 5.7 The Middle and Lower Yellow River Valleys: Shandong Longshan and
adjacent sites
* 5.7.1 Chengziyai
* 5.7.2 Some controversial "Longshan" material
* 5.7.3 Longshan era pot-marks beyond Shandong
* 5.8 The Fen River Valley: the city of Taosi
* 5.9 Conclusion: A Late Neolithic graphic community
* Part III - The Bronze Age Evidence
* Chapter 6: The Second Millennium BCE: Early and Middle Bronze Age
Writing 238-322
* 6.1 Bridging the evidence: from Late Neolithic to Bronze Age signs
* 6.2 Bronze Age: the archaeological record
* 6.3 Sign making during Early Bronze Age: Erlitou
* 6.4 Writing in the Middle Bronze Age: Shang and beyond
* 6.4.1 Early to Late Shang period pottery graphs
* 6.4.2 Meaning and function of Bronze Age pottery graphs
* 6.5 Shang ritual bronzes and their inscriptions
* 6.5.1 Ritual bronzes: origin, function, decorations
* 6.5.2 The making of ritual bronzes and bronze inscriptions
* 6.5.3 Jinwen: emblem graphs and standard script
* 6.5.4 Early and Middle Shang bronze inscriptions
* 6.5.5 Late Shang bronze inscriptions
* 6.5.6 Taotie, kui, long and other bronze decorations
* 6.6 Shang inscriptions on shells and bones: oracle bones and beyond
* 6.6.1 Bone preparations and divination procedures
* 6.6.2 The practice of bone writing
* 6.6.3 Divinatory inscriptions
* 6.6.4 Non-divinatory bone texts: bureaucratic records and writing
instruction
* 6.6.5 Shang sites with oracle bone inscriptions
* 6.7 Late Shang inscriptions on jade and stone
* 6.8 Conclusions
* Chapter 7: Characteristics of Shang Writing 323-356
* 7.1 Number and types of graphs
* 7.2 Structures: simple and compound graphs
* 7.3 Ancient phonology
* 7.4 Contractions and shorthand practices
* 7.5 Extensions of meaning, phonetic loans, and semanto-phonetic
compounds
* 7.6 Script development and variant forms
* 7.7 Grammar and word classes
* 7.8 Numerals and numerical systems
* 7.9 Lexicon
* 7.10 Direction of script, orientation of characters, and calligraphy
* 7.11 Literacy during the Bronze Age
* 7.12 Conclusions
* Chapter 8: The origins of Chinese writing 357-384
* 8.1 The emergence of writing in China: the Neolithic
* 8.2 Late Neolithic interactions
* 8.3 Urbanism and sociopolitical complexity
* 8.4 Transition into the Bronze Age: long distance trade, agriculture,
and the calendar
* 8.5 Writing in the Bronze Age: presence and absence
* 8.6 King Wuding, divination and the surge of Late Shang writing
* 8.7 Conclusions: the materiality of writing.
* Bibliography