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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157542003321

Titolo

The rhetoric of hiddenness in traditional Chinese culture / / edited by Paula M. Varsano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-4384-6304-9

9781438463049

1-4384-6303-0

9781438463032

9781438463025

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Disciplina

951

Soggetti

Rhetoric - China - History

Secrecy - China - History

Hiding places - China - History

Knowledge, Theory of

China Intellectual life 221 B.C.-960 A.D

China Intellectual life 960-1644

China Intellectual life 1644-1912

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction The Throw of Infancy; Notes; The Life of a Phrase Infancy, Renunciation, Passing; From the Beginning; The Exigency of Renunciation: Event and Return; Renunciation and Survival; Notes; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

"Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China. This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of hiddenness--as both an object and a mode of representation--in the history of cultural production in China from the Warring States Period (403-221 BCE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911) and beyond. The rhetorical use of various forms of hiddenness makes its appearance in literary, political, philosophical, and religious writings, as well as in the visual arts. Working in fields as disparate as



traditional Chinese literature, religion, philosophy, history, medicine, and art, the contributors attempt to characterize one of the fundamental signifying practices in traditional Chinese cultural production. In the process, they not only reveal otherwise obscure patterns connecting longstanding social, political, aesthetic, and epistemological practices, but also contribute to ongoing discussions--well beyond the field of China studies--regarding the representation and communicability of knowledge, as well as the practices controlling its dissemination"--From publisher's website.