Yegor Grebnev is an associate distinguished research fellow at Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) and an assistant professor at BNU-HKBU United International College. He was a junior fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen while this book was completed.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroduction1. The Structure of the Yi Zhou shu and Its Formation History2. Understanding Early Chinese Scriptures3. Appropriated and Created Scriptures4. Royal Colloquies as the Main Text Type in the Yi Zhou shu5. Daoist Scriptures of the Grand Duke6. Heirloom Treasures, Scriptures, and LegitimacyConclusionAppendix 1. Scenic, Formalistic, and Alarming Contextual SettingsAppendix 2. Summary of the Zhou shu in the Shi lüeAppendix 3. “Sequential Outline of the Zhou Scriptures”Appendix 4. Permutations of the Chapter(s) “Shifa” (Order of Posthumous Names)NotesBibliographyIndex

Grebnev’s masterful study begins with a formalistic analysis of Yi Zhou shu and ends with a new history of religious Daoism and a new model for thinking about early Chinese philosophy. The very definition of groundbreaking, it is certain to reverberate in the work of early China scholars for decades.

Yegor Grebnev is an associate distinguished research fellow at Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) and an assistant professor at BNU-HKBU United International College. He was a junior fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen while this book was completed.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroduction1. The Structure of the Yi Zhou shu and Its Formation History2. Understanding Early Chinese Scriptures3. Appropriated and Created Scriptures4. Royal Colloquies as the Main Text Type in the Yi Zhou shu5. Daoist Scriptures of the Grand Duke6. Heirloom Treasures, Scriptures, and LegitimacyConclusionAppendix 1. Scenic, Formalistic, and Alarming Contextual SettingsAppendix 2. Summary of the Zhou shu in the Shi lüeAppendix 3. “Sequential Outline of the Zhou Scriptures”Appendix 4. Permutations of the Chapter(s) “Shifa” (Order of Posthumous Names)NotesBibliographyIndex

Grebnev’s masterful study begins with a formalistic analysis of Yi Zhou shu and ends with a new history of religious Daoism and a new model for thinking about early Chinese philosophy. The very definition of groundbreaking, it is certain to reverberate in the work of early China scholars for decades.

Yegor Grebnev is an associate distinguished research fellow at Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) and an assistant professor at BNU-HKBU United International College. He was a junior fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen while this book was completed.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroduction1. The Structure of the Yi Zhou shu and Its Formation History2. Understanding Early Chinese Scriptures3. Appropriated and Created Scriptures4. Royal Colloquies as the Main Text Type in the Yi Zhou shu5. Daoist Scriptures of the Grand Duke6. Heirloom Treasures, Scriptures, and LegitimacyConclusionAppendix 1. Scenic, Formalistic, and Alarming Contextual SettingsAppendix 2. Summary of the Zhou shu in the Shi lüeAppendix 3. “Sequential Outline of the Zhou Scriptures”Appendix 4. Permutations of the Chapter(s) “Shifa” (Order of Posthumous Names)NotesBibliographyIndex

Grebnev’s masterful study begins with a formalistic analysis of Yi Zhou shu and ends with a new history of religious Daoism and a new model for thinking about early Chinese philosophy. The very definition of groundbreaking, it is certain to reverberate in the work of early China scholars for decades.