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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459750903321

Autore

Liu Xie <approximately 465-approximately 522, >

Titolo

The literary mind and the carving of dragons / / by Liu Hsieh ; translated by Vincent Yu-chung Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong : , : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

New York, New York : , : NYRB, New York Review Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

962-996-931-9

Edizione

[New revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxix, 352 pages )

Collana

Calligrams

Disciplina

895.109

Soggetti

Chinese literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface (Hsü-chih) -- I. On Tao, the Source (Yüan-Tao) -- II. Evidence from the Sage (Cheng-sheng) -- III. The Classics as Literary Sources (Tsung-ching) -- IV Emendation of Apocrypha (Cheng-wei) -- V. An Analysis of Sao (Pien-Sao) -- VI. An Exegesis of Poetry (Ming-shih) -- VII. Musical Poetry (Yüeh-fu) -- VIII. Elucidation of Fu (Ch'üan-fu) -- IX. Ode and Pronouncement (Sung Tsan) -- X. Sacrificial Prayer and Oath of Agreement (Chu Meng) -- XI. Inscription and Exhortation (Ming Chen) -- XII. Elegy and Stone Inscription (Lei Pei) -- XIII. Lament and Condolence (Ai Tiao) -- XIV. Miscellaneous Writings (Tsa-wen) -- XV. Humor and Enigma (Hsieh Yin) -- XVI. Historical Writings (Shih-chuan) -- XVII. Speculative Writings (Chu-tzu) -- XVIII. Treatise and Discussion (Lun Shuo) -- XIX. Edict and Script (Chao Ts'e) -- XX. War Proclamation and Dispatch (Hsi I) -- XXI. Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth (Feng-shan) -- XXII. Memorial, Part I (Chang Piao) -- XXIII. Memorial, Part II (Tsou Ch'i) -- XXIV. Discussion and Answer (I Tui) -- XXV. Epistolary Writing (Shu Chi) -- XXVI. Spiritual Thought or Imagination (Shen-ssu) -- XXVII. Style and Nature (T'i-hsing) -- XXVIII. The Wind and the Bone (Feng-ku) -- XXIX. Flexible Adaptability to Varying Situations (T'ung-pien) -- XXX. On Choice of Style (Ting-shih) -- XXXI. Emotion and Literary Expression (Ch'ing-ts'ai) -- XXXII.



Casting and Cutting, or, on Editing of Ideas and Rhetoric (Jung-ts'ai) -- XXXIII. Musicalness (Sheng-lü) -- XXXIV. Paragraph and Sentence (Chang-chü) -- XXXV. Linguistic Parallelism (Li-tz'u) -- XXXVI. Metaphor (Pi Hsing) -- XXXVII. Hyperbole (K'ua-shih) -- XXXVIII. Factual Allusion and Textual Reference (Shih-lei) -- XXXIX. Philology and Choice of Words (Lien-tzu) -- XL. The Recondite and the Conspicuous (Yin-hsiu).

XLI. Literary Flaws (Chih-hsia) -- XLII. The Nourishing of Vitality (Yang-ch'i) -- XLIII. Organization (Fu-hui) -- XLIV. Discussion on the Art of Writing (Tsung-shu) -- XLV. Literary Development and Time (Shih-hsü) -- XLVI. The Physical World (Wu-se) -- XLVII. Literary Talents (Ts'ai-lüeh) -- XLVIII. An Understanding Critic (Chih-yin) -- XLIX. The Capacity of a Vessel (Ch'eng-ch'i).