Keywords in Chinese culture /

Like every major culture, Chinese has its set of keywords: pivotal terms of political, ethical, literary, and philosophical discourse. Tracing the origins, development, polysemy, and usages of keywords is one of the best ways to chart cultural and historical changes. This volume analyzes some of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Keywords in Chinese Thought and Literature Jerusalem
Other Authors: Pines, Yuri (Editor), Li, Wai-yee (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Chinese language > Etymology > History.
Linguistic change > China.
Sociolinguistics > China.
Chinois (Langue) > Étymologie > Histoire.
Changement linguistique > Chine.
Sociolinguistique > Chine.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Asian > Chinese.
Chinese language > Etymology
Civilization
Linguistic change
Manners and customs
Sociolinguistics
China > Civilization.
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Civilisation.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The making of keywords. how to name or not to name : that is the question in early Chinese philosophy / Carine Defoort
  • Chinese he in many keys, harmonized in Europe / Joachim Gentz
  • From "scribe" to "history" : the keyword shi / Stephen Durrant
  • Socio-political keywords. What's in a slogan? the political rationale and the economic debates behind "enrich the state" (fuguo) in early China / Romain Graziani
  • "To die for the sanctity of the name" : name (ming) as prime mover of political action in early China / Yuri Pines
  • Virtue keywords. Embodied virtue : how was loyalty edited and performed in late imperial China? / Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu
  • Filial piety as an emotion in late imperial China / Maram Epstein
  • Keywords of the self. Before the emergence of desire / Andrew Plaks
  • Looking for the true self / Wai-yee Li
  • Afterword. Philological reflections on Chinese conceptual history : introducing Thesaurus linguae Sericae / Christoph Harbsmeier.

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