Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China (Columbia, 2017) and The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012).

Zhou History Unearthed strikes a laudable balance between being interpretive and informative. Pines’s impeccable mastery of the field, as evinced by his numerous incisive observations and wide-ranging bibliography, allows him to dig deep into textual details without losing his grip on the bigger picture. This learned book, an indispensable guide to ancient Chinese historiography, history, and manuscript studies, will surely stimulate new and meaningful debates.

• PrefaceNote on Translations, References, and DatesIntroduction: The Riddle of Zhou HistoriographyPart I. Rethinking Early Chinese History Writing1. Zhou Historiography as Seen from the Transmitted Texts2. Xinian and Zhou Historiography3. Zhou Historiography in Other Newly Discovered Sources4. Beyond Sima Qian: Zhou History Revisited5. Chu Historiography and Chu Cultural IdentityPart II. Xinian Translation and CommentaryXinian 1Xinian 2Xinian 3Xinian 4Xinian 5Xinian 6Xinian 7Xinian 8Xinian 9Xinian 10Xinian 11Xinian 12Xinian 13Xinian 14Xinian 15Xinian 16Xinian 17Xinian 18Xinian 19Xinian 20Xinian 21Xinian 22Xinian 23NotesBibliographyIndex

Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China (Columbia, 2017) and The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012).

Zhou History Unearthed strikes a laudable balance between being interpretive and informative. Pines’s impeccable mastery of the field, as evinced by his numerous incisive observations and wide-ranging bibliography, allows him to dig deep into textual details without losing his grip on the bigger picture. This learned book, an indispensable guide to ancient Chinese historiography, history, and manuscript studies, will surely stimulate new and meaningful debates.

• PrefaceNote on Translations, References, and DatesIntroduction: The Riddle of Zhou HistoriographyPart I. Rethinking Early Chinese History Writing1. Zhou Historiography as Seen from the Transmitted Texts2. Xinian and Zhou Historiography3. Zhou Historiography in Other Newly Discovered Sources4. Beyond Sima Qian: Zhou History Revisited5. Chu Historiography and Chu Cultural IdentityPart II. Xinian Translation and CommentaryXinian 1Xinian 2Xinian 3Xinian 4Xinian 5Xinian 6Xinian 7Xinian 8Xinian 9Xinian 10Xinian 11Xinian 12Xinian 13Xinian 14Xinian 15Xinian 16Xinian 17Xinian 18Xinian 19Xinian 20Xinian 21Xinian 22Xinian 23NotesBibliographyIndex

Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China (Columbia, 2017) and The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012).

Zhou History Unearthed strikes a laudable balance between being interpretive and informative. Pines’s impeccable mastery of the field, as evinced by his numerous incisive observations and wide-ranging bibliography, allows him to dig deep into textual details without losing his grip on the bigger picture. This learned book, an indispensable guide to ancient Chinese historiography, history, and manuscript studies, will surely stimulate new and meaningful debates.

• PrefaceNote on Translations, References, and DatesIntroduction: The Riddle of Zhou HistoriographyPart I. Rethinking Early Chinese History Writing1. Zhou Historiography as Seen from the Transmitted Texts2. Xinian and Zhou Historiography3. Zhou Historiography in Other Newly Discovered Sources4. Beyond Sima Qian: Zhou History Revisited5. Chu Historiography and Chu Cultural IdentityPart II. Xinian Translation and CommentaryXinian 1Xinian 2Xinian 3Xinian 4Xinian 5Xinian 6Xinian 7Xinian 8Xinian 9Xinian 10Xinian 11Xinian 12Xinian 13Xinian 14Xinian 15Xinian 16Xinian 17Xinian 18Xinian 19Xinian 20Xinian 21Xinian 22Xinian 23NotesBibliographyIndex