03852nam 2200637Ia 450 991082398180332120200520144314.00-7914-7872-61-4356-3902-210.1515/9780791478721(CKB)1000000000485680(OCoLC)220141908(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575827(SSID)ssj0000275459(PQKBManifestationID)11241112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275459(PQKBWorkID)10222581(PQKB)11283505(MiAaPQ)EBC3407401(Au-PeEL)EBL3407401(CaPaEBR)ebr10575827(OCoLC)923404729(DE-B1597)683264(DE-B1597)9780791478721(EXLCZ)99100000000048568020070611d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWritten at imperial command panegyric poetry in early medieval China /Fusheng Wu1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20081 online resource (301 p.) SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-7369-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.Intro -- Written at Imperial Command -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Han Epideictic Rhapsody: The Protoype of Panenric Potry -- 2. Self-Foregrounding in the Panegyric Poetry of the Jian'an Era -- 3. Archaic Elegance in the Panegyric Poetry of the Jin Dynasty -- 4. Addressing the Bestand Worst of Rulers: Panenric Potry of the Liu Song Dynasy -- 5. Praising Rulers throughout Calm and Conspiracy: The Southern Qi Dynasy -- 6. The Flourishing of Panegyric Poetry during the Liang Dynasty -- 7. Poetry's Embarrassment: Panegyric Poetry of the Chen Dynasty -- 8. Becoming Chinese: Panenric Potry during the Northern Dynasties -- 9. Matching Poems with a Cruel but Talented Ruler: The Sui Dynasy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.This is the first book-length study of panegyric poetry—yingzhao shi or poetry presented to imperial rulers—in the Chinese tradition. Examining poems presented during the Wei-Jin Nanbeichao, or early medieval period (220–619), Fusheng Wu provides a thorough exploration of the sociopolitical background against which these poems were written and a close analysis of the formal conventions of the poems.By reconstructing the human drama behind the composition of these poems, Wu shows that writing under imperial command could be a matter of grave consequence. The poets' work could determine the rise and fall of careers, or even cost lives. While panegyric poetry has been largely dismissed as perfunctory and insincere, such poems reveal much about the relations between monarchs and the intellectuals they patronized and also compels us to reexamine the canonical Chinese notion of poetic production as personal, spontaneous expression.SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.Panegyric poetry in early medieval ChinaChinese poetry221 B.C.-960 A.DHistory and criticismLaudatory poetryHistory and criticismChinese poetryHistory and criticism.Laudatory poetryHistory and criticism.895.1/1209Wu Fusheng1959-1602886MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823981803321Written at imperial command3927004UNINA