The Literature and Cultural Ecology of Imperial Examinations in the Ming Dynasty

• Autore: Chen Wenxin
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 pages)
• Altri autori: WangBing
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Living Conditions and Literary Careers of the Hanlin Literati in the Ming Dynasty -- The Literary Activities and Self-Identities of the Ming Hanlin Literati -- Living Conditions of the Ming Hanlin Literati -- Writing Career of the Ming Hanlin Literati -- Identity and the 'Wealthy and Blessed Style' of the Ming Hanlin Literati -- The Significance of Literary Activities in the Ming Hanlin Academy -- 'Hanlin Writing' in the Collections of Ming Huiyuan -- The Positions of Ming Huiyuan -- Schoolwork in the Hanlin Academy and Lecture Notes -- Cabinet-Style Literature in the Collections of Ming Huiyuan -- Cabinet-Style Literature of the Early Ming Seen in Huiyuan's Collections -- Cabinet-Style Literature of the Middle and Late Ming Seen in Huiyuan's Collections -- 3 The Background of the Imperial Examinations and the School Consciousness of the Ming Literati -- Local Confucian Schools and Cabinet-Style Literature in the Early Ming Dynasty -- Status of Local Confucian Schools and Teaching Experience of Cabinet Ministers -- Popularity of the Cabinet Style Enabled by Two Communities' Interaction -- The Cabinet Style: Mark of the Formation of a New Cultural Pattern in the Early Ming -- The North-South Contest in the Selection of Officials and the Rise of the Earlier Seven Masters -- North-South Cultural Differences and Their Influences on Ming Literature -- North-South Contest for Selecting Officials and the Rise of the Earlier Seven Masters -- Decline of the Archaist Movement and Its Impact -- The Educational Background and School Consciousness of the Later Seven Masters in the Jiajing Period -- Special Bond of the Later Seven Masters and the Generation Gap Between Them and the Tang-Song School. ; The Educational Background of Tang Shunzhi and Wang Shenzhong and Their Special Consciousness of the Cabinet -- The Later Seven Masters' Consciousness of Capital Ministries and Their Struggle Against Yan Song -- The Competition for the Leader Among the Later Seven Masters Against the Background of the Imperial Examinations -- 4 Zhuangyuan and Literature in the Ming Dynasty -- The Position of Literature in the Ming Imperial Examinations Seen from Zhuangyuan's Selection and Political Career -- Emphasis on and Paradigm of 'Literary Grace' -- Relations Between Zhuangyuan's Official Careers and Literature -- Evolution of the Cabinet Style as Seen from Zhuangyuan's Style of Writing -- Zhuangyuan's Style of Writing and the Prosperity of the Cabinet Style in the Early Ming -- The Turn of Kang Hai's Writing and the Decline of the Cabinet Style -- The Folk Complex of Zhuangyuan Jiao Hong and the End of Cabinet Style -- Distribution of Genres in the Ming Zhuangyuan's Collected Works -- Study on the Existing and Lost Collected Works of Zhuangyuan in the Ming Dynasty -- Zhuangyuan Whose Collected Works have been Lost -- Zhuangyuan Whose Collected Works Can Only Be Found in Relevant Written Descriptions -- Zhuangyuan Whose Collected Works Remain Preserved Today -- Genres in the Collected Works of the Ming Zhuangyuan -- The 'Most Important' and the 'Least Important' Genres -- The Three Major Categories of Prose: Presentation Prefaces, Stele Biographies, and Letters -- Different Treatments of the Styles of the Imperial Examinations: Zhuangyuan's Policy and Eight-Legged Essays -- Seven-Character Regulated Verse Was Favoured, While Lyrics Were Largely Excluded -- Ming Zhuangyuan Literature from the Perspective of Literary History -- 5 Writing Styles of the Imperial Examinations and Ming Society. ; Policy Essays in the Palace Examinations and Social Issues and Decision Orientation During the Ming Dynasty -- Close Ties Between Policy Questions and Social Issues -- Policy Essays in the Palace Examination and Issues Related to People's Livelihoods -- Policy Essays in the Palace Examination and Folkway Issues -- Policy Essays in the Palace Examination and the Administration of Officials -- Policy Essays in the Palace Examination and Military Issues -- Impact of Ming Thought and Culture on Eight-Legged Essays -- Adherence to Cheng-Zhu's Commentaries on the Classics: 1368-1505 -- The Philosophy of Mind Penetrated the Eight-Legged Essay After 1506 -- Taoism and Buddhism Mixed with Eight-Legged Essays After 1567 -- Values of the Eight-Legged Essays: To Expand and Enrich Confucian Traditions -- Enrichment of the Ming Ideology and Culture -- Evaluation of the Study of the Eight-Legged Essay in Mainland China Since 1905 -- 6 Exam Cheating Cases from the Perspective of Ming Politics and Literature -- Cheating Cases in the Imperial Examinations and Ming Politics -- The Case of 'North-South Lists' and Regional Balance in 1397 -- Cheating Cases of the Grand Secretaries' Offspring in the Mid-Ming Examinations -- Attacking Dissidents: Cheating Cases in the Late Ming -- Cheating Cases and the Literary Careers of the Ming Writers: Taking Tang Yin and Wang Heng as Examples -- Cheating Cases and Tang Yin's Literary Career -- Cheating Cases and Wang Heng's Literary Career -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Literature and Cultural Ecology of Imperial Examinations in the Ming Dynasty
• ISBN: 981-9947-09-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910746961803321
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