【內容簡介】 This study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Shangshu (Venerated documents). It is the first to establish these traditions—“Shū” (Documents)—as a historically evolving practice of thought-production. By focusing on the literary form of the argument, it interprets the “Shū” as fluid text material that embodies the ever-changing cultural capital of projected conceptual communities. By showing how these communities actualised the “Shū” according to their changing visions of history and evolving group interests, the study establishes that by the Warring States period (ca. 453–221 BC) the “Shū” had become a literary genre employed by diverse groups to legitimise their own arguments. Through forms of textual performance, the “Shū” gave even peripheral communities the means to participate in political discourse by conferring their ideas with ancient authority. 本書揭示了儒家經典《尚書》在形成時期的各種傳統，首次將這些傳統—姑且統稱為「書」—確立為一個在歷史上不斷演變的思想生成進程。作者關注論證的文學形式，將「書」視作流動的文本材料，能體現出所投射的概念社群不斷變化的文化資本。本論著透過顯示這些社群如何根據自身不斷演變的歷史觀與群體利益而使「書」具體化，揭示出戰國時代時「書」已成為一種文類而為不同群體所利用，藉以合法化自己的論點。通過各種形式的「文本表演」，即使邊緣化的社群亦能利用「書」來參與政治論述，賦予其觀點「古已有之」的權威。 【作者簡介】 Dirk Meyer，牛津大學王后學院副教授，主攻中國早期哲學思想、《尚書》研究、簡帛文獻及語音分析。著作有《早期中國論證的文學形式》、《竹上之思》及《早期中國的文獻與論證：〈尚書〉和書的傳統》。 【全書電子版下載地址】 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110708530/html 信息轉載自“海外中文研究資訊”公眾號，特此致謝！