Early China: Early Chinese Historiography

Readings in the major historiography texts of early China, including Shangshu, Zuo zhuan, Shiji, and Hanshu, with further attention to recently excavated texts. Analysis of the defining features of early Chinese historiography in relation to early intellectual history. Comparison with selected works from ancient Mediterranean historiography (Thucydides, Herodotus, Sallust), and discussion of historiographic thought.