Written on Bamboo and Silk; The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions by T.H. Tsien - 1962

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback / softback. New. This study traces the development of Chinese writing from the earliest inscriptions to the advent of printing, organizing its history with significant attention to the tools used for these acts. In this revised edition Edward L.Shaughnessy contributes a new introduction.

Some rubbing. VG. In a rubbed & tape-repaired dustwrapper., dustwrapper. Chinese Epigraphy University of Chicago Press Chicago (1962) orig.cloth 23x15cm, xiv,233 pp., Dustwrapper tears & chips. Contents : Records on bones and shells -- Inscriptions on metals and clay -- Engravings on stone and jade -- Documents on bamboo and wood -- Silk as writing material -- The quasi-paper and paper manuscripts -- Tools and vehicles of writing.

New. Paleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, deciphers ancient inscriptions and modes of writing to reveal the knowledge and workings of earlier societies. In this classic paleographic study of China, T. H. Tsien comprehensively traces the development of Chinese writing from the earliest inscriptions to the advent of printing, organizing its history with specific attention to the tools and media used. Written on Bamboo and Silk - the only book of its kind available in English - has long been considered a landmark in its field. Now expanded and completely updated, this edition includes material that treats the many major documents and ancient Chinese artifacts uncovered over the forty years since the book's first publication. Critical in this regard is the excavation of numerous sites in ancient cities throughout China, where hundreds of thousands of documents written on bamboo and silk - as well as other media - were found, including some of the earliest copies of historical, medical,… Read More