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The History of Chinese Rhetoric

The History of Chinese Rhetoric

Paperback

Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis

ChineseGeneral ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 103207275X
ISBN13: 9781032072753
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 29 2024
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book challenges the misconception that there was no rhetoric in ancient China. It provides evidence from public speeches in Xia dynasty, oracle bone inscriptions in Shang dynasty, to public debates about government policies in Han dynasty to show that persuasive discourse and rudimentary rhetorical techniques existed in ancient China.

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