03156nam a22005415i 4500 978-981-99-8940-9 DE-He213 20251030112043.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240515s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819989409 978-981-99-8940-9 10.1007/978-981-99-8940-9 doi Z4-15.2 GL bicssc LAN025000 bisacsh GL thema Chen, Li. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 76878 A History of Books in Ancient China [electronic resource] / by Li Chen. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVIII, 458 p. 70 illus., 59 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. From Characters to Books: Shang and Zhou Dynasties -- Chapter 2. From “Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought” to “Burn Books and Bury Alive Confucian Scholars”: Warring States to Qin Dynasty -- Chapter 3. A Time of Cultural Diversity: Han, Wei and the Northern and Southern Dynasties -- Chapter 4. Imperial Examination, Schools and Woodblock Printing: Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties -- Chapter 5. The Golden Age of Books in Print: Song Dynasty -- Chapter 6. Confliction and Fusion: Liao, Jin, Xia and Yuan Dynasties -- Chapter 7. Book Industry in the Period of Great Prosperity: Early Ming to Mid-Qing Dynasty -- Chapter 8. Book Industry in Social Change: From Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. This book presents a study of the history of ancient Chinese books, not only highlighting specific aspects of the ontology of book history, such as printing and publishing, but also analyzing the internal and external causes of the development of book undertakings from a macro-perspective. Placing the development of and changes in the history of books in the context of social development, it investigates its interaction with politics, economy, society, education, and religion, especially with the big culture, and constructs a book-centered history of ancient Chinese culture. Books History. 66353 Library science. 60484 Civilization History. 66788 Culture Study and teaching. 66082 History of the Book. 66357 Library Science. 60484 Cultural History. 66790 Cultural Studies. 58745 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819989393 Printed edition: 9789819989416 Printed edition: 9789819989423 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8940-9 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 59882 59882