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- catalog abstract ""As early as the Warring States period in China (fourth through third centuries B.C.), debates arose concerning how and under what circumstances new institutions could be formed and legitimated. But the debates quickly encompassed more than just legitimation. Larger issues came to the fore: Can a sage innovate? If so, under what conditions? Where did human culture originally come from? Was it created by human sages? Is it therefore an artificial fabrication, or was it based in part on natural patterns? Is it possible for new sages to emerge who could create something better? This book studies these debates from the Warring States period to the early Han (second century B.C.), analyzing the texts in detail and tracing the historical consequences of the various positions that emerged. It also examines the time's conflicting narratives about the origin of the state and how these narratives and ideas were manipulated for ideological purposes during the formation of the first empires."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Debates concerning innovation and artifice in early China".
- catalog contributor b12239843.
- catalog coverage "China Civilization History.".
- catalog coverage "China Civilization.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""As early as the Warring States period in China (fourth through third centuries B.C.), debates arose concerning how and under what circumstances new institutions could be formed and legitimated. But the debates quickly encompassed more than just legitimation. Larger issues came to the fore: Can a sage innovate? If so, under what conditions? Where did human culture originally come from? Was it created by human sages? Is it therefore an artificial fabrication, or was it based in part on natural patterns? Is it possible for new sages to emerge who could create something better? This book studies these debates from the Warring States period to the early Han (second century B.C.), analyzing the texts in detail and tracing the historical consequences of the various positions that emerged. It also examines the time's conflicting narratives about the origin of the state and how these narratives and ideas were manipulated for ideological purposes during the formation of the first empires."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Domesticating the Landscape: Notions of Ancestors and Innovation in the Bronze Age -- The Craft of Humanity: Debates over Nature and Culture in Warring States China -- Sages, Ministers, and Rebels: Narratives of the Emergence of the State -- The Creation of Empire: The Emergence and Consolidation of Imperial Rule in China -- The Tragedy of Creation: Sima Qian's Reconstruction of the Rise of Empire in Early China -- The Semantics of Creation.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 299 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0804736235 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Civilization History.".
- catalog spatial "China Civilization.".
- catalog subject "951 21".
- catalog subject "DS721 .P794 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Domesticating the Landscape: Notions of Ancestors and Innovation in the Bronze Age -- The Craft of Humanity: Debates over Nature and Culture in Warring States China -- Sages, Ministers, and Rebels: Narratives of the Emergence of the State -- The Creation of Empire: The Emergence and Consolidation of Imperial Rule in China -- The Tragedy of Creation: Sima Qian's Reconstruction of the Rise of Empire in Early China -- The Semantics of Creation.".
- catalog title "Debates concerning innovation and artifice in early China".
- catalog title "The ambivalence of creation : debates concerning innovation and artifice in early China / Michael Puett.".
- catalog type "text".