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Language Stratification and Scriptal Plurality in Early Zhou China: A Reconstruction of "Elegant Classical Chinese" and the Canwen Tradition
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This study presents an author-proposed reconstruction of linguistic stratification in early Zhou China, focusing on Elegant Classical Chinese (雅言), Canwen traditions, and scriptal diversity, and reinterprets Confucius’ philological and textual labor within a multi-register communication system.
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