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Reform in the balance : the defense of literary culture in mid-Tang China /

Anthony DeBlasi offers a remapping of China's intellectual landscape during the late-eighth and early-ninth centuries. Recreating a world of intense philosophical debate, influenced by political uncertainty and social disorder, he reveals the logic behind the period's most popular philosop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeBlasi, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Colección:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Anthony DeBlasi offers a remapping of China's intellectual landscape during the late-eighth and early-ninth centuries. Recreating a world of intense philosophical debate, influenced by political uncertainty and social disorder, he reveals the logic behind the period's most popular philosophical positions. Reform in the Balance casts aside traditional evaluations of the predominance of the Ancient Style Movement (guwen) during this era. Building on recent scholarship and his own reading of Tang sources, the author argues that the period's dominant intellectual position advocated moderately conservative cultural reform designed to defend literary pursuits and the broader cultural tradition from more strident critics.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 214 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.
ISBN:0791488330
9780791488331