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Writing and Authority in Early China
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Pages: 560
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This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual can
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Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.