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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Sinica Leidensia,
0169-9563 ;
v. 106
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Sinica Leidensia ; v. 106.
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| Summary |
This book, through detailed analysis of the writings of the Liang Crown Prince Xiao Tong and his circle, will deepen and redefine our view of the court cultrue and literature of the Liang, a crucial period in Chinese literary history. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Born and Bred to be a Ruler; What is in a Name?; Establishment of the Eastern Palace; Writing Profundity and Subtlety: Speaking of the Big and the Small; Speeches on the Big and Small at the Chu Court; A Third Century Interest in Playfulness: Fu Xian's "Xiaoyan Fu"; Dayan/Xiaoyan Poems By Xiao Tong and Others; The Big and The Small: Lesson of Rulership; Companions of Crown Prince; Virtuous Words and Pure Dust: Friendship with the Crown Prince; Portraying Crown Prince; 2. Gentlemanly Style: Xiao Tong's Literary Inclination; The Great Anthology. |
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Xiao Tong as the Compiler and his Preface to Wen XuanAn Age of Literary Proliferation; Trimming Weeds and Brambles; Setting Norms: The Case of Pei Ziye; The Ambiguity and Potentiality of Qing; Gentelmanly Writing; Poetry as Experimentation; A Taste of the "Frivolous"; Brotherly Love Through Courtly Writing; 3. Writing for the Crown Prince: Worthy with Words; Liu Family of Pengcheng; Demanding Promotion: Liu Xiaochuo's Exchange Poems with Ren Fang; Attending to the Emperor with Poems; Worthy with Words; Literary Camaraderie and Competition: A Historical Review. |
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Remembering the North, A Repository of the PastFinding Comfort in a Versified Present; Poems on the Third Day Festival: Celebrating the Curving Waters in a Water Land; Same River, Different View; The Tone of "Gentleness and Ease"; A Long Exchange of Commiseration; 4. Xiao Tong's Encounters with Buddhism; Hosting Lectures on Buddhism in the Hanging Garden; Notes between Emperor Wu and Xiao Tong on Buddhist Lectures; Exchanges between Monk Fayun and Xiao Tong; Commemorating with Verse; Excursions To Buddhist Sites; Matching Poems by Xiao Tong's Literary Companion. |
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Between Filial Piety and Religious IdentityDistancing from Buddhist Activities; 5. Pondering on Reclusion and Rulership; Reclusion as a Key Topic in the Six Dyansties; Reclusion As A Powerful Rhetoric: The Case Of Zhang Chon; A Genuine Recluse and His Rejection of the Crown Prince; Writing Tao Qian to Explain Himself: Xiao Tong's Last Piece; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Xiao, Tong, 501-531 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Xiao, Tong, 501-531. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Xiao, Tong, 501-531 -- Friends and associates.
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Friends and associates. |
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Xiao, Tong, 501-531. |
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Chinese literature -- 220-589 -- History and criticism.
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Chinese literature. |
| Chronological Term |
220-589 |
| Subject |
China -- Intellectual life -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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| Chronological Term |
221 B.C.-960 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wang, Ping, 1973- Age of courtly writing. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004225220 (DLC) 2012003101 (OCoLC)777001139 |
| ISBN |
9789004228252 (electronic book) |
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900422825X (electronic book) |
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9789004225220 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004225226 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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