Edward L. Shaughnessy is Creel Professor of Early China Studies at The University of Chicago and is the editor or author of several books, including Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics, also published by SUNY Press.

Introduction

1. The Editing of Archaeologically Recovered Manuscripts and Its Implications for the  Study of Received Texts

2. Rewriting the Zi Yi: How One Chinese Classic Came to Read as It Does

Appendix One:  An Annotated Translation of the Guodian and Shanghai Museum Manuscripts Text of the Zi Yi
Appendix Two:  The Received "Zi Yi"

3. The Discovery and Editing of the Ji Zhong Texts

4. The Editing and Editions of the Bamboo Annals

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index