Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004420403
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9789004103764
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia 39
Content:
This book is about the tension between de facto political power and the claims to intellectual and moral leadership of the shi ('gentleman class') in Early Medieval China. Shelun , or Hypothetical Discourse, is a hitherto neglected Chinese literary genre. The author for the first time places the surviving texts against the political background that accounts for its rise and decline in early medieval China. Comprehensively annotated translations of seven Hypothetical Discourses are placed in the context of their authors' lives and times, with an emphasis on the post-Han examples of the genre. This thorough study gives insight into this subgenre of fu by which the world of the Chinese gentleman class finds an always ambiguous expression in the rhyme-prose texts under review
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preliminary Material /
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Preface /
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Introduction /
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Chapter One Poisoned Panegyric: On Dongfang Shuo, Yang Xiong, and the Birth of a Literary Model /
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Chapter Two Conventionality and Effectiveness: On the 'Hypothetical Discourse' as a Literary Genre /
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Chapter Three Frustration and Pride: Xi Zheng (D. 278), 'Rejecting Slander' /
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Chapter Four Politics and Bureaucracy: Wang Chen (Third Century), 'An Explanation of the Times' /
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Chapter Five A Deep-Seated Ailment: Huangfu Mi (215-282), 'Rejecting Advice: An Essay' /
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Chapter Six An Irate Gentleman: Xiahou Zhan (243-291), 'Countering Suspicions' /
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Chapter Seven Ancient Lore and New Ways: Guo Pu (276-324), 'Of a Guest's Insolence' /
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Chapter Eight A Reversal of Roles: Cao Pi (FL. CA. 342-383), 'Riposte to a Scholar' /
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Appendix A Gallery of Emblematic Heroes /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
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Sinica Leidensia /
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Writing against The State : Political Rhetorics in Third and Fourth Century China Leiden : BRILL, 1998 ISBN 9789004103764
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004420403
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