Edward L. Shaughnessy
Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics.
State University of New York Press, 1997. SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. First printing. 0791433781 ix/262 pages. 
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75", is like new. Small black marker marking appears at top of first blank preliminary page.
"Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the original composition of China's oldest books, the "Classic of Changes", the "Venerated Documents", and the "Classic of Poetry". By describing the original contexts in which these books were written and what they meant to their original authors and readers, this work sheds light on both the degree to which Chinese culture already was literate by 1000 BC, and also on how the later classical tradition eventually diverged from these origins."