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Volume 7 of the Tsinghua manuscripts contains multiple historiographical narratives interspersed with punctuation. This article looks into two manuscripts likely prepared in the same workshop and possibly by the same scribe. I examine how punctuation in the manuscripts engages with the structure of the texts, forming a particular reading experience and understanding of the sectioning of the narrative. The article suggests that the use of punctuation in these manuscripts reflects the punctuator's understanding of the narrative divisions and main points of the texts. Far from merely marking individual sentences, the punctuation selectively marks sections and subsections in the narrative, corresponding to changes of interlocutor, scene and setting, and key information supporting a particular reading of the sense of the texts. The punctuator chose to amplify certain aspects of the narrative--for example, advisors outdoing their superiors--by highlighting certain sections of the text more than others. By examining the ways in which punctuation and narrative structure interact in these two case studies, the article aims to understand the complex relation between punctuation and narrative structure. In doing so, it evaluates the potential agency of punctuators in shaping the reading experience of early historiographical narrative texts., 'Every decision of layout--indeed, every material fact of the text's existence--not only reflects the assumptions and cultural habits of medieval readers but also forms assumptions and habits that govern the [...]

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Volume 7 of the Tsinghua manuscripts contains multiple historiographical narratives interspersed with punctuation. This article looks into two manuscripts likely prepared in the same workshop and possibly by the same scribe. I examine how punctuation in the manuscripts engages with the structure of the texts, forming a particular reading experience and understanding of the sectioning of the narrative. The article suggests that the use of punctuation in these manuscripts reflects the punctuator's understanding of the narrative divisions and main points of the texts. Far from merely marking individual sentences, the punctuation selectively marks sections and subsections in the narrative, corresponding to changes of interlocutor, scene and setting, and key information supporting a particular reading of the sense of the texts. The punctuator chose to amplify certain aspects of the narrative--for example, advisors outdoing their superiors--by highlighting certain sections of the text more than others. By examining the ways in which punctuation and narrative structure interact in these two case studies, the article aims to understand the complex relation between punctuation and narrative structure. In doing so, it evaluates the potential agency of punctuators in shaping the reading experience of early historiographical narrative texts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The daybook manuscripts are miscellanies in that they gather together a range of different forms of text onto a single manuscript carrier. This article focuses on passages of rhymed text, analyzing in particular the forms, patterns, and functions of the rhymes. On this basis, I provide a number of preliminary observations on the use and context of the daybook manuscripts. The article focuses on the use of rhyme in material from the Kongjiapo 孔家坡 and Shuihudi 睡虎地 daybook manuscripts in particular, while also paying attention to related hemerological, astrological, and divinatory material from Mawangdui 馬王堆 , Fangmatan 放馬灘 , and the Beida 北大 manuscripts among others. These materials have a penchant for using especially Yang -group 陽部 rhymes marking the (auspicious or otherwise) results of actions and divinations, in this regard they can be further compared to genres such as prayers and philosophical sayings for instance, raising the possibility of a shared discursive practice. 摘要: 《日書》作為雜抄彙集了不同類型的文本段落。本文從《日書》韻文段落入手，探討押韻在《日書》裏的類型、規律和功能。在此基礎上對《日書》的使用與閱讀習慣提出幾個初步想法。本文主要討論孔家坡和睡虎地《日書》，以及馬王堆、放馬灘、北大簡等日書、天文、卜筮等類文獻的用韻現象。這些文獻多使用陽部韻形成韻文, 恰好與祝文、哲学類話語等其他文獻一樣使用這類韻文討論吉凶問題。本文進而試圖闡發《日書》類文獻是否與不同類型文獻有所關聯，參與一個共同的話語 實踐。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]