摘要
Writing and the Ancient State： Early China in Comparative Perspective is an ambitious book, ambitious both in terms of the problem it unpacks and the materials the author has collected and examined. It reconstructs the functions of writing in early civilizations, through which the author attempts to probe a fundamental question： the origins of writing, especially its invention in Chinese civilization.
Writing and the Ancient State： Early China in Comparative Perspective is an ambitious book, ambitious both in terms of the problem it unpacks and the materials the author has collected and examined. It reconstructs the functions of writing in early civilizations, through which the author attempts to probe a fundamental question： the origins of writing, especially its invention in Chinese civilization.
