Early China

Addressing the Autocrat: The Drama of Early Chinese Court Discourse Oklahoma, March 21-22, 2009

Rethinking Warring States History in the Light of Recently Unearthed Bamboo Manuscripts: Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early China, AAS Chicago, March 27, 2009, SESSION 66. 10:45 A.M.–12:45 P.M.
Chaired by Scott B. Cook, Grinnell College
Political Mythology and Dynastic Legitimacy in the Rong Cheng shi manuscript – Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Defining Leadership and Promoting Action in the Warring States: A First Look at the Recently-discovered Military Manuscript, Cao Mo’s Battle Formations P. Ernest Caldwell, University of Chicago
The Fourth-Century BCE Bamboo-slip Manuscripts from Cili, Hunan, Robin McNeal, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University
A Case of Graphic Misrepresentation: New Possibilities for Classical Readings Suggested by the Shanghai-Museum Text “Lord Jing Suffered a Chronic Illness” – Scott B. Cook, Grinnell College
Discussant: Robin D. S. Yates, McGill University

Glimpsing the Hand behind the Text: New Perspectives on Excavated Texts from Early China: AAS Chicago, March 26, 2009, SESSION 19. 7:30 P.M.–9:30 P.M.
Chaired by Mark Csikszentmihalyi, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Patron and Practitioner: Participatory Roles in Early Chinese Divination - Adam D. Smith, Stanford University
Texts as Practice: The Production of Fourth-Century B.C.E. Chu Tomb Texts from Baoshan – Jue Guo, Western Michigan University
How to Read the Guodian Texts – Kevin Huang, University of Chicago
Inscribing the Northwestern Frontier of the Han Empire: The Production and Power of Administrative Documents – Meiyu Hsieh, Stanford University
Discussant: Mark Csikszentmihalyi, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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