Foundations of Eastern Civilization. Episode 5, The Shang and Writing for the Gods
(2019, original release: 2013)
Nonfiction
eCourse
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2013
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6808618
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In this second lecture on the Shang dynasty, learn about the enigmatic "oracle bones" and the origins of Chinese writing. Then turn to the Shang society's social organization, religious practices, and cosmology, and find out how one of the core cultural and philosophical beliefs of Eastern civilization - the concept of yin and yang - emerged during the Shang dynasty
Film
In Process Record
Craig G. Benjamin
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English