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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462062103321

Autore

DeBlasi Anthony

Titolo

Reform in the balance [[electronic resource] ] : the defense of literary culture in mid-Tang China / / Anthony DeBlasi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

0-7914-8833-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Disciplina

895.1/09003

Soggetti

Chinese literature - Tang dynasty, 618-907 - History and criticism

Intellectuals - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Reform in the Balance: The Defense of Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prelude: The Changing World in Eighth-Century China""; ""Intellectual Culture in the Mid-Tang Mainstream""; ""Defining the Mid-Tang Mainstream""; ""Politics and Social Change in the Mid-Tang""; ""The Confucian Revival""; ""The Plan of This Study""; ""1. The Literary Response to the Mid-Tang Crisis""; ""Literary Decline and the Roots of Disorder""; ""The Continuing Promise of Literary Pursuits""; ""The Nature of the Literary Man""; ""Completeness and Balance in Mainstream Thought""

""The Evolution of the Literary Mainstream""""Conclusion""; ""2. Literary Education in the Mid-Tang Mainstream""; ""Educational Assumptions in Medieval China""; ""Mid-Tang Literary Learning and the Tradition""; ""The Guiding Tradition""; ""Alternate Visions""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. Literary Politics in the Mid-Tang""; ""The Elements of Mainstream Political Thought""; ""Bai Juyi and His Celin""; ""Liu Yuxi's Accommodative Politcal Philosophy""; ""Conclusion""; ""4. Moral Choices in the Literary Mainstream""; ""Literature and the Self""; ""Models for Moral Man""

""Desire and Morality in Quan Deyu's Thought""""A Remedy for Desires""; ""Conclusion""; ""5. The Guwen Alternative""; ""Guwen Literary Theory""; ""Guwen Approaches to Learning""; ""The Basis of Morality in Guwen Ideology""; ""The Politics of Individual Responsibility"";



""Conclusion""; ""Final Considerations""; ""The Vitality of Tang Literary Conservatism""; ""The Legacy of the Mainstream""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index ""; ""A ""; ""B ""; ""C ""; ""D ""; ""E ""; ""F ""; ""G ""; ""H ""; ""I ""; ""J ""; ""K ""; ""L ""; ""M ""; ""N ""; ""O ""; ""P ""; ""Q ""; ""R ""; ""S ""; ""T ""

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