A Mythological Approach To Exploring The Origins Of Chinese Civilization
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A Mythological Approach To Exploring The Origins Of Chinese Civilization
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Author : Shuxian Ye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
A Mythological Approach To Exploring The Origins Of Chinese Civilization written by Shuxian Ye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Is the lion the symbol of China? Or should it be the dragon or the phoenix? This book makes a provocative interpretation of the Chinese ancient totems such as the bear and the owl. Taking a mythological approach, it explores the origin of Chinese civilization using the quadruple evidence method, which integrates ancient and unearthed literature, oral transmission, and archeological objects and graphs. It testifies to the authenticity of unresolved ancient myths and legends from the origins of Chinese Jade Ware (6200BC-5400 BC) to the names of the Yellow Emperor (2698-2598 BC) and the legends from the Xia (2010BC-1600BC), Shang (1600BC-046BC), Zhou (1046BC-771BC), and Qin (221BC-206BC) Dynasties. The book lays the foundation for a reconstruction of Chinese Mythistory. With well over 200 photographs of historic artifacts, the book appeals to both researchers and general readers.
A Mythological Approach To Exploring The Origins Of Chinese Civilization
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Author : Shuxian Ye
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-08-26
A Mythological Approach To Exploring The Origins Of Chinese Civilization written by Shuxian Ye and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-26 with History categories.
Is the lion the symbol of China? Or should it be the dragon or the phoenix? This book makes a provocative interpretation of the Chinese ancient totems such as the bear and the owl. Taking a mythological approach, it explores the origin of Chinese civilization using the quadruple evidence method, which integrates ancient and unearthed literature, oral transmission, and archeological objects and graphs. It testifies to the authenticity of unresolved ancient myths and legends from the origins of Chinese Jade Ware (6200BC-5400 BC) to the names of the Yellow Emperor (2698–2598 BC) and the legends from the Xia (2010BC-1600BC), Shang (1600BC-046BC), Zhou (1046BC-771BC), and Qin (221BC-206BC) Dynasties. The book lays the foundation for a reconstruction of Chinese Mythistory. With well over 200 photographs of historic artifacts, the book appeals to both researchers and general readers.
The Palgrave Handbook Of Intermediality
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Author : Jørgen Bruhn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-01
The Palgrave Handbook Of Intermediality written by Jørgen Bruhn and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This handbook provides an extensive overview of traditional and emerging research areas within the field of intermediality studies, understood broadly as the study of interrelations among all forms of communicative media types, including transmedial phenomena. Section I offers accounts of the development of the field of intermediality - its histories, theories and methods. Section II and III then explore intermedial facets of communication from ancient times until the 21st century, with discussion on a wide range of cultural and geographical settings, media types, and topics, by contributors from a diverse set of disciplines. It concludes in Section IV with an emphasis on urgent societal issues that an intermedial perspective might help understand.
Ritual Civilization And Mythological Coding
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Author : Qicui Tang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-07-18
Ritual Civilization And Mythological Coding written by Qicui Tang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-18 with History categories.
This book places Li Ji (the Book of Rites) back in the overall context of “books,” “rites” and its research history, drawing on the interrelations between myth, ritual and “materialized” symbols to do so. Further, it employs the double perspectives of “books” and “rites” to explore the sources and symbols of the capping ceremony (rites of passage), decode the prototypes of Miao and Ming Tang, and restore the discourse patterns of “people of five directions.” The book subsequently investigates the formation and function of the Yue Ling calendar and disaster ritual, so as to reveal the human cognitive encoding and metalanguage of ritual behavior involved. In the process, it demonstrates that Li Ji, its textual memories, archaeological remains and “traditional ceremony” narratives are all subject to the latent myth coding mechanism in China’s cultural system, while the “compilation” and “materialized” remains are merely forms of ritual refactoring, interpretation and exhibition, used when authority seeks the aid of ritual civilization to strengthen its legitimacy and maintain the social order.
Crossing The Border On The Quadruple Evidence Method
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Author : Li Yang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-04-04
Crossing The Border On The Quadruple Evidence Method written by Li Yang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is the first monograph of its kind in the academic world which comprehensively expounds the new methodology of humanities. The quadruple-evidence method is one which integrates quadruple-evidences to open up new horizon for interpretation of ancient culture in the three-dimensional manner. The first layer of evidence refers to documents passed down from the past; the second layer of evidence refers to local written materials; the third layer of evidence includes oral legends of anthropology and folklore and etiquette in the living folk customs; the fourth layer of evidence refers to those ancient objects and images either unearthed in archaeological excavations or handed down from the past. The book consists of theoretical explorations and their applications in individual cases. While the first part studies the academic evolution, theory and methodological value of the quadruple-evidence method, the second part, in using the method in different cases, explores different historical and cultural phenomena in the history of China, attempting to extend the frontier of the origin of civilization from the approach of mythological study
Sejarah Asia Timur
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Author : Dwi Adi Wicaksono
language : id
Publisher: Anak Hebat Indonesia
Release Date : 2023-10-05
Sejarah Asia Timur written by Dwi Adi Wicaksono and has been published by Anak Hebat Indonesia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Asia Timur merupakan salah satu kawasan tempat berkembangnya peradaban kuno yang memiliki pengaruh besar terhadap wilayah-wilayah di sekitarnya. Secara bertahap, kawasan ini melakukan transformasi dari masyarakat prasejarah bersifat kesukuan yang mengandalkan perburuan menjadi masyarakat agraris dengan entitas lebih besar berupa kerajaan atau kekaisaran. Negara-negara di Asia Timur, seperti Tiongkok, Jepang, dan Korea Selatan, pada masa kini telah tumbuh menjadi kekuatan ekonomi dan politik global. Setidaknya, terdapat tiga periodisasi yang terjadi di kawasan ini, antara lain periode Klasik, Abad Pertengahan, serta Abad Modern. Periode Klasik menjelaskan mengenai prasejarah hingga pembentukan entitas kekuasaan tingkat awal yang nantinya menjembatani terbentuknya entitas kekuatan utama pada abad Pertengahan. Periode abad Pertengahan ditandai dengan struktur pemerintahan yang telah matang serta munculnya sistem hukum tertulis. Sementara itu, abad Modern di Asia Timur ditandai dengan perkembangan sejumlah negara di Asia Timur menjadi kekuatan berpengaruh dalam percaturan global saat ini.
The Emergence Of Civilizational Consciousness In Early China
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Author : Uffe Bergeton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-17
The Emergence Of Civilizational Consciousness In Early China written by Uffe Bergeton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-17 with History categories.
This book provides a conceptual history of the emergence of civilizational consciousness in early China. Focusing on how words are used in pre-Qín (before 221 BCE) texts to construct identities and negotiate relationships between a 'civilised self' and 'uncivilised others', it provides a re-examination of the origins and development of these ideas. By adopting a novel approach to determining when civilizational consciousness emerged in pre-Qín China, this book analyzes this question in ways that establish a fresh hermeneutical dialogue between Chinese and modern European understandings of 'civilization.' Whereas previous studies have used archaeological data to place its origin somewhere between 3000 BCE and 1000 BCE, this book explores changes in word meanings in texts from the pre-Qín period to reject this view. Instead, this book dates the emergence of civilizational consciousness in China to around 2,500 years ago. In the process, new chronologies of the coining of Old Chinese terms such as ‘customs,’ ‘barbarians,’ and ‘the Great ones,’ are proposed, which challenge anachronistic assumptions about these terms in earlier studies. Examining important Chinese classics, such as the Analects, the Mencius and the Mòzi, as well as key historical periods and figures in the context of the concept of ‘civilization,’ this book will useful to students and scholars of Chinese and Asian history.
The Formation Of Chinese Civilization
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Author : Kwang-chih Chang
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Formation Of Chinese Civilization written by Kwang-chih Chang and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Architecture categories.
Paleolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites with extraordinary jade and ceramic artifacts, excavated tombs and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties--all these are part of the archaeological riches of China. This magnificent book surveys China's archaeological remains and in the process rewrites the early history of the world's most enduring civilization. Eminent scholars from China and America show how archaeological evidence establishes that Chinese culture did not spread from a single central area, as was long assumed, but emerged out of geographically diverse, interacting Neolithic cultures. Taking us to the great archaeological finds of the past hundred years--tombs, temples, palaces, cities--they shed new light on many aspects of Chinese life. With a wealth of fascinating detail and hundreds of reproductions of archaeological discoveries, including very recent ones, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Chinese antiquity and Chinese views on the formation of their own civilization.
Big Tradition And Chinese Mythological Studies
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Author : Jiansheng Hu
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-08-11
Big Tradition And Chinese Mythological Studies written by Jiansheng Hu and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book focuses on reinterpreting mythical China from the perspective of the cultural theory of big tradition. It is divided into two parts: the first explains the theoretical development and features of the Chinese version of big tradition, identifying the differences between the Eastern and Western cultural traditions (big tradition and great tradition). The second part then reinterprets the core values and mythical ideas of Chinese civilization and traditional culture from the perspective of big tradition. Moving beyond the small tradition of text centrism and using new methods and materials, the book reveals the original meaning and the cultural coding function of big tradition during the preliterate period. Drawing on integrated evidence from literature handed down from ancient times, oral and intangible cultural heritage, tangible culture, cross-cultures, image culture and unearthed documents, the book interprets Chinese cultural traditions and spiritual values from local, archaeological, experiential and survival perspectives, to help readers better understand the mythical codes and genes of early Chinese culture.
Mythic Beasts
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Author : Kaia Stonebrook
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-02-26
Mythic Beasts written by Kaia Stonebrook and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-26 with History categories.
""Mythic Beasts"" explores the captivating world of legendary creatures, examining their origins and cultural significance across diverse civilizations. These beasts, far from being mere fantasies, reveal profound insights into the anxieties, aspirations, and collective experiences of the societies that birthed them. For instance, dragons, often depicted as fearsome fire-breathers, symbolize chaos and destruction in some cultures, while representing wisdom and good fortune in others. Similarly, the elusive unicorn, a symbol of purity and grace, appears in various forms throughout history and folklore, reflecting humanity's enduring quest for the unattainable. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, blending historical analysis with scientific inquiry to understand why these creatures were created and why they continue to fascinate us. Examining ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Greece, and East Asia, the book reveals how environmental factors, social structures, and early scientific understandings shaped these mythical beings. The book progresses through three main sections, beginning with the core concepts, moving into regional traditions, and concluding with the lasting legacy of these creatures in art and literature, offering a comprehensive perspective on their enduring appeal.