title: The Late-Qing Illustrated Shujing from the Sinology Department of the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences
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metadata.value: Stezhenskaya, Lidiya V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-07-18T16:06:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-07-18T16:06:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-06
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metadata.value: Stezhenskaya L. V. The Late-Qing Illustrated Shujing from the Sinology Department of the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 2, pp. 173–182.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.205
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6935
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metadata.value: The article deals with the 1905 lithographic illustrated edition of Shujing tu shuo (The Book of Historical
  Documents with Illustrations and Commentary). This edition of the ancient Confucian Classics is
  rather special, since it was designed as a comic book implementing principles of “explanation through
  pictures”. The canonical Ancient Chinese text is available in the book but is greatly simplified for
  the unprepared reader. The comments explain the engraved line drawings following and representing
  separate portions of the canonical text. Being the last official Qing edition of Shujing, it was destined
  to become a popular version of the Confucian classic. It was to be used as a textbook in all public provincial schools. It is noteworthy that illustrations contain some motifs that do not belong to the
  canonical text of Shujing, but were borrowed from Chinese mythology and popular literature. In 1905
  when Shujing tushuo saw the light of day the civil service examination system, based upon Confucian
  orthodoxy, was abolished in China. We deal with a new interpretation of the canonical Confucian
  text in quite a peculiar form addressed to a much broader readership. This article is to demonstrate
  inconsistency of the conventional thesis of rigidity of the official Confucian orthodoxy in Qing Empire.
  Inquiry into imagery and textual contents of this edition and their interaction could throw light on the
  ideological, political and social causes and motives behind the new Qing version of classical Shujing.
  That could provide grounds for judging on transition from the traditional to modern consciousness in
  China at the beginning of the 20th century. Refs 15.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке Российского гуманитарного научного
  фонда (проект № 15-34-01301).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shujing
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shangshu
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Confucian classic
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: book illustration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Qing dynasty
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Late-Qing Illustrated Shujing from the Sinology Department of the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences
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metadata.value: Article
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