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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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.
Temas:
618-907
Chinese literature > Tang dynasty, 618-907 > History and criticism.
Intellectuals > China.
Littérature chinoise > 618-907 (Dynastie des Tang) > Histoire et critique.
Intellectuels > Chine.
Chinese literature
Intellectuals
Tang Dynasty (China)
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Reform in the Balance: The Defense of Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prelude: The Changing World in Eight-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
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