04073nam 22005895 450 991015025700332120210209171257.00-231-54153-810.7312/li--16612(CKB)3710000000718557(EBL)4504752(MiAaPQ)EBC4571603(DE-B1597)468937(OCoLC)951505510(DE-B1597)9780231541534(MiAaPQ)EBC4504752(Au-PeEL)EBL4504752(CaPaEBR)ebr11221545(CaONFJC)MIL928883(OCoLC)951973716(EXLCZ)99371000000071855720200723h20162016 fg engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden) Selected Writings /Zhi Li; Rivi Handler-Spitz, Pauline Lee, Haun SaussyNew York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]©20161 online resource (409 p.)Translations from the Asian ClassicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-16612-5 0-231-16613-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. PREFACES 序引 -- PART II. LETTERS 書答 -- PART III. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜書 -- PART IV. READINGS OF HISTORY 讀史 -- PART V. POETRY 詩 -- PART I. PREFACES 序引 -- PART II. LETTERS 書答 -- PART III. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜書 -- PART IV. POETRY 詩 -- FROM A BOOK TO KEEP (HIDDEN) (CANGSHU 藏書)(1599) -- THE HISTORICAL RECORD 史料 -- CHRONOLOGY OF LI ZHI’S LIFE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming (1472–1529). The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries, despite an imperial ban on their publication, and intrigued Chinese audiences long after his death. Translated for the first time into English, Li Zhi's bold challenge to established doctrines will captivate anyone curious about the origins of such subtly transgressive works as the sixteenth-century play The Peony Pavilion or the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber. In A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden), Li Zhi confronts accepted ideas about gender, questions the true identity of history's heroes and villains, and offers his own readings of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha. Fond of vivid sentiment and sharp expression, Li Zhi made no distinction between high and low literary genres in his literary analysis. He refused to support sanctioned ideas about morality and wrote stinging social critiques. Li Zhi praised scholars who risked everything to expose extortion and misrule. In this sophisticated translation, English-speaking readers encounter the best of this heterodox intellectual's vital contribution to Chinese thought and culture.Translations from the Asian classics.Chinese literatureHistory and criticismChinese literatureHistory and criticism.895.18/4609Li Zhi, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut699591Handler-Spitz Rivi, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtLee Pauline, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtSaussy Haun, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910150257003321A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden)2785657UNINA