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Ways with Words

Writing about Reading Texts from Early China (Studies on China, 24)

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Ways with Words presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works--drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history--challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradiContinue

Ways with Words presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works--drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history--challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West.


The texts themselves include a poem from the Classic of Poetry compiled in the sixth century b.c.e.; passages from Mencius and Zhuangzi; the Heart Sutra; a poem by Du Fu and the Biography of Yingying by Yuan Zhen, both written during the Tang dynasty; and Notes on the Method for the Brush, a tenth-century text attributed to Jing Hao. Both the original Chinese versions and the translations are provided for each primary text. There are at least two essays--when possible from scholars in different fields--on each work. The volume as a whole demonstrates the various ways in which the modern Western reader can confront the impressive variety of texts from the classical Chinese tradition.

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    telegraph.co.uk published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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    telegraph.co.uk published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 292 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0520224663
  • ISBN-13: 9780520224667
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Pub date: Sep 19, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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