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The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early China
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November 2002

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Yuri Pines

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Michael J. Puett

Introduction 1. Domesticating the landscape: notions of ancestors and innovation in the Bronze Age 2. The craft of humanity: debates over nature and culture in warring states China 3. Sages, ministers, and rebels: narratives of the emergence of the state 4. The creation of empire: the emergence and consolidation of imperial rule in China 5. The tragedy of creation: Sima Qian's reconstruction of the rise of empire in early China Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.

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... In modern Chinese, the word for "create" is Chuangzao (创造), and the terms for "creativity" is Chuangzaoli (创造力) or Chuangzaoxing (创造性), whereas in ancient Chinese documents there is no exact word corresponding to creativity. 1 This may be because of the emphasis on creative acts rather than creative ability in ancient China (Niu, 2012;Tan, 2020). Ancient Chinese usually used the words Zuo (作), Chuang (创), Bian (变), Xin (新), Ge (革), and Shi (识) to describe creative acts or innovations, which is often overlooked by Sinologists (Puett, 2001). In this article, we take a broader, more inclusive approach that considers the entire range of possible words representing aspects of creativity and innovation in Chinese texts. ...

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Lofty Aims, Limited Actors, Fewer Artifacts: A Sociocultural Analysis of Confucian Conceptions of Creativity and Innovation
The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early China
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  • November 2002

The Journal of Asian Studies

Yuri Pines

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Michael J. Puett