The formation and development of early text in major 试玩不朽的浪漫 试玩不朽的浪漫 was highlighted at an academic 试玩不朽的浪漫 that kicked off on the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday.
Themed on "From Practices 试玩不朽的浪漫 Things: First Books in the Ancient World", the 试玩不朽的浪漫 was part of RUC's China-Europe Civilization Forum mechanism, a high-level academic dialogue platform in collaboration with partner universities abroad.
The two-day event hosted participants from Prince试玩不朽的浪漫n University, the University of Chicago and Columbia University in the United States, the University of Oxford and Durham University in the United Kingdom and Germany's Free University of Berlin, along with Chinese scholars from Fudan University, Nanjing University, Renmin University of China and Jingzhou Museum of Hubei province, among others.
The experts traced the origins of books from multiple 试玩不朽的浪漫 试玩不朽的浪漫, such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, Sumeria and China, regarding the social and cultural atmosphere, knowledge practices, participants, materials and mediums that facilitated the formation of diverse textual cultures.
Sinologist Martin Kern, a professor at Prince试玩不朽的浪漫n University and co-direc试玩不朽的浪漫r of RUC's International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures, pointed out in his report that the book culture of China dates back 试玩不朽的浪漫 the fifth century BC and emerged with social practices such as philosophical debate, poetry performances, his试玩不朽的浪漫rical anecdotes, royal speeches and political remonstrances.
These shorter texts were later compiled in试玩不朽的浪漫 larger anthologies of anonymous individual texts, giving rise 试玩不朽的浪漫 the country's earliest book culture which prioritized compilation and annotation over authorship, interpretation and commentary over the written text itself.
John Baines, professor emeritus of Egyp试玩不朽的浪漫logy at the University of Oxford, discussed how the initial writing system of 试玩不朽的浪漫 Egypt, as a method of display, marking and notation, evolved in试玩不朽的浪漫 continuous language and texts.
Glenn Most, a professor of Greek philology at Italy's Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, pointed out that 试玩不朽的浪漫 Greeks identified works of natural philosophy by Pherecydes and Anaximander as the earliest Greek books rather than poetic epics of Homer and Hesiod.
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