Sources Of Western Zhou History

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The thousands of ritual bronze vessels discovered by China's archaeologists serve as the major documentary source for the Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.)

• Sources Of Western Zhou History available on May 11 2016 from VitalSource for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">73.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780520910225 ξ2 registered May 11 2016
  
• ISBN bar code 9780520910225 ξ1 registered September 21 2015
  
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These vessels contain long inscriptions full of detail on subjects as diverse as the military history of the period, the bureaucratic structure of the royal court, and lawsuits among the gentry. Moreover, being cast in bronze, the inscriptions preserve exactly the contemporary script and language.Shaughnessy has written a meticulous and detailed work on the historiography and interpretation of these objects. By demonstrating how the inscriptions are read and interpreted, Shaughnessy makes accessible in English some of the most important evidence about life in ancient China.

^ Edward L. Shaughnessy (1992). Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels ISBN 9780520910225 (revised Oct 2015)
^ Sources Of Western Zhou History VitalSource. ISBN 9780520910225 (revised May 2016)