Shaughnessy E.L. (ed.). New Sources of Early Chinese History. An Introduction to the Reading of Inscriptions and Manuscripts

Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California, 1997. — x+316 p. — (Early China Special Monograph Series No. 3). — ISBN: 978-1557290588.This volume surveys the wealth of early Chinese paleographic material from Shang to Han, including Oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, covenant texts, and manuscripts on bamboo, wood, and silk. The chapters, written by recognized authorities in their respective fields, address the new interpretations of early Chinese history that arise from research on inscriptions and manuscripts while also discussin paleographic research methods.Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions
Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions
Eastern Zhou Bronze Inscriptions
The Covenant Texts from Houma and Wenxian
Wood and Bamboo Administrative Documents of the Han Period
Qin and Han Legal Manuscripts
Warring States, Qin, and Han Manuscripts
Related to Natural Philosophy and the Occult
Manuscripts with Transmitted Counterparts