03620nam 2200589Ia 450 991046206210332120200520144314.00-7914-8833-0(CKB)2670000000233656(EBL)3407914(SSID)ssj0000778196(PQKBManifestationID)12379934(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778196(PQKBWorkID)10775623(PQKB)10314842(MiAaPQ)EBC3407914(Au-PeEL)EBL3407914(CaPaEBR)ebr10587112(OCoLC)811403751(EXLCZ)99267000000023365620010918d2002 ay 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReform in the balance[electronic resource] the defense of literary culture in mid-Tang China /Anthony DeBlasiAlbany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (227 p.)SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7914-5435-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.""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 """"V """"W ""; ""X ""; ""Y ""; ""Z ""SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and CultureChinese literatureTang dynasty, 618-907History and criticismIntellectualsChinaElectronic books.Chinese literatureHistory and criticism.Intellectuals895.1/09003DeBlasi Anthony935657MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462062103321Reform in the balance2107599UNINA