Dao Companion to the Excavated Guodian Bamboo Manuscripts by Shirley Chan

Dao Companion to the Excavated Guodian Bamboo Manuscripts by Shirley Chan

This volume covers the philosophical, historical, religious, and interpretative aspects of the ancient Guodian bamboo manuscripts () which were disentombed in the Guodian Village in Hubei Province, China, in 1993.

“The present volume plunges the reader head-on into one of the most exciting recent findings in the field of Chinese cultural history …The current companion, which is an outstanding collaborative enterprise made by expert contributors coming from diverse fields of Sinology … . Since the bamboo slips date back to the philosophically extremely rich Warring States period of Chinese history, it uniquely displays the important philosophical and religious disputes of the era … .” (Lehel Balogh, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 46 (1), March, 2020)

Shirley Chan is Associate Professor and Head of Chinese Studies of Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She specializes in researches on ancient Chinese culture covering philosophy, textual studies, intellectual history, and excavated bamboo manuscripts, on which she has published extensively in both English and Chinese. She has been invited to appear in programs produced by the BBC, ABC and SBS on traditional Chinese thought and culture. Professor Chan has served as President of Chinese Studies Association of Australia and member of Editorial Board of several international journals including the Bamboo and Silk (Brill) and the Journal of Oriental Society of Australia.

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ISBN 13	9783030046323
ISBN 10	303004632X
Title	Dao Companion to the Excavated Guodian Bamboo Manuscripts
Author	Shirley Chan
Series	Dao Companions To Chinese Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published	2019-05-15
Number of pages	375
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