: Haeree Park
: The Writing System of Scribe Zhou Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE)
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110459319
: Studies in Manuscript CulturesISSN
: 1
: CHF 0.50
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: Östliche Philosophie
: English
: 342
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This book investigates the nature of regional variation in the early Chinese writing system. Based on palaeographical and phonological examinations, it proposes that all the late pre-imperial regional scripts (5th - 3rd centuries BCE) derived from a kind of orthographic meta-system reflecting one spoken standard. The conclusions of this book have further implications on reading and understanding manuscript texts in general.