Chinesebibliographyhasalonghistoryandtraditionofitsown,goingbacktwomillennia.Itresemblescriticalbibliography,incorporateskeyfeaturesoftoday’slibrarycatalogingandclassification(abranchofenumerativebibliography),andsharessignificantcommongroundwithintellectualhistory.ThisrichbibliographictraditionhasnotintersectedwithothertraditionsandisknownonlytoscholarsofChinesebibliography,intellectualhistory,andclassicalstudies.Inthefieldofknowledgeorganization,itisavirtualunknownand,thus,presentsexcellentopportunitiesforresearch.
IntellectualActivisminKnowledgeOrganizationisaninterdisciplinaryanalysisoftheChinesebibliographictraditionwrittenforawideaudience.Inparticular,thestudyinvestigatestheclassificationappliedintheSevenEpitomes《七略》,thefirstlibrarycatalogonrecordinChinesehistory,completedafewyearsbeforetheCommonEra.Itisimportanttostudythisclassification,whichissaidtohaveestablishedthemodelfortheentireChinesebibliographictradition,whereclassificationhasalwaysbeenanintegralpartandthesolemechanismfororganization.Whileinfluential,neithertheclassificatoryprinciplesnorthestructureoftheclassificationarewellunderstood.Inthebook,LeeHur-Liconductsahermeneuticstudyofthreemainaspectsoftheclassification:theclassification’sepistemology,itsoverallclassificatorymechanics,anditsconceptofauthorasanorganizingelement.Takingasocio-epistemologicalapproach,thestudyappliesananalyticalframeworktotheexaminationoftheclassificationinitspropersocial,cultural,historical,andtechnologicalcontexts.Leeconcludesbysummarizingthemajorachievementsoftheclassificationandarticulatingimplicationsofthefindingsforvariousdisciplines.
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