03338oam 2200589 450 991015754200332120210112041625.01-4384-6304-9electronic book9781438463049electronic book1-4384-6303-0hardcover9781438463032hardcover9781438463025paperback(CKB)3710000001001223(OCoLC)956984915(OCoLC)967582904(MiAaPQ)EBC4773986(Au-PeEL)EBL4773986(CaPaEBR)ebr11321099(CaONFJC)MIL985392(OCoLC)956984915(EXLCZ)99371000000100122320160817d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierThe rhetoric of hiddenness in traditional Chinese culture /edited by Paula M. VarsanoAlbany :State University of New York Press,2016.1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) illustrations, mapsSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and cultureIncludes bibliographical references and index.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"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.SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.RhetoricChinaHistorySecrecyChinaHistoryHiding placesChinaHistoryKnowledge, Theory ofChinaIntellectual life221 B.C.-960 A.DChinaIntellectual life960-1644ChinaIntellectual life1644-1912RhetoricHistory.SecrecyHistory.Hiding placesHistory.Knowledge, Theory of.951Varsano Paula M.DLCBOOK9910157542003321The rhetoric of hiddenness in traditional Chinese culture2895795UNINA