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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788486403321

Autore

Goodman Howard L

Titolo

Xun Xu and the politics of precision in third-century AD China [[electronic resource] /] / by Howard L. Goodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-03914-1

9786613039149

90-04-19021-X

90-04-18337-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Sinica Leidensia, , 0169-9563 ; ; v. 95

Disciplina

931.007202

Soggetti

Historians - China

Scholars - China

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

China Politics and government 220-589

China History Jin dynasty, 265-419

China History Three kingdoms, 220-265

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. [383]-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / H.L. Goodman -- Introduction. The Zhengsheng 正聲 Mode / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 1. The Xuns Of Yingyin And Luoyang / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 2. Xun Xu’s First Posts, Ca. 248–265 / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 3. Aesthetics And Precision In Court Ritual Songs, Ca. 266–272 / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 4. Commandeering Staff And Proclaiming Precision, Ca. 273–274 / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 5. A Martinet Of Melody, Ca. 274–277 / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 6. A New Day, New Antiquities, New Factions, Ca. 277–284 / H.L. Goodman -- Chapter 7. \'They’Ve Stolen My Phoenix Pool\', 284–89 And Beyond / H.L. Goodman -- Bibliography / H.L. Goodman -- Index / H.L. Goodman.

Sommario/riassunto

This biography of the court scholar Xun Xu explores central areas of intellectual life in third-century China — court lyrics, music, metrology, pitch systems, archeology, and historiography. It clarifies the relevant



source texts in order to reveal fierce debates. Besides solving technical puzzles about the material details of court rites, the book unfolds factional struggles that developed into scholarly ones. Xun’s opponents were major figures like Zhang Hua and Zhi Yu. Xun Xu’s overall approach to antiquity and the derivation of truth made appeals to an idealized Zhou for authority. Ultimately, Xun’s precision and methods cost him both reputation and court status. The events mark a turning point in which ideals were moving away from such court constructs toward a relatively more philosophical antiquarianism and towards new terms and genres of self-expression.