LEADER 03620nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910462062103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8833-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233656 035 $a(EBL)3407914 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000778196 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12379934 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778196 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10775623 035 $a(PQKB)10314842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407914 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407914 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587112 035 $a(OCoLC)811403751 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233656 100 $a20010918d2002 ay 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReform in the balance$b[electronic resource] $ethe defense of literary culture in mid-Tang China /$fAnthony DeBlasi 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7914-5435-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""V """"W ""; ""X ""; ""Y ""; ""Z "" 410 0$aSUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture 606 $aChinese literature$yTang dynasty, 618-907$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIntellectuals$zChina 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChinese literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIntellectuals 676 $a895.1/09003 700 $aDeBlasi$b Anthony$0935657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462062103321 996 $aReform in the balance$92107599 997 $aUNINA