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Author Liu, Xie, approximately 465-approximately 522.

Title The book of literary design / [translated by] Siu-kit Wong, Allan Chung-hang Lo, Kwong-tai Lam
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages)
Contents Table of Contents; Chronology of Chinese Dynasties; Introduction; 1. The Way the Origin; 2. The Sages the Oracle; 3. The Classics the Forefather; 4. Putting the Cabala in Order; 5. Isolating Sao Poetry; 6. Understanding Shi Poetry; 7. The Yuefu Poems; 8. Explaining Fu Poetry; 9. Eulogistic Songs and Summaries; 10. Prayers and Oaths; 11. Inscriptions and Punctures; 12. Laudations and Epitaphs; 13. Commiseration and Condolence; 14. Miscellaneous Rhythmic Prose; 15. Puns and Parables; 16. Scribal Hermeneutics; 17. The Philosophers; 18. Argument and Persuasion; 19. Imperial Edicts
Summary The earliest book-length treatise in Chinese literary criticism, the Wenxin diaolong is of central importance in the Chinese tradition. The work was compiled in the sixth century, one of the most fertile and original periods in Chinese critical thinking. Its author, Liu Xie, was a Buddhist monk as well as a Confucian scholar, and so represented the main persuasions of China. The Wenxin diaolong first came to be noted in the seventeenth century, when it was studied by scholars and edited by Mei Qingsheng. When the study of literary criticism became an independent discipline early in the twentieth century, it developed into a cynosure that was widely discussed and provided with learned annotations. This volume presents a fresh translation of the Wenxin diaolong that is at once authoritative and elegant. It may well be regarded as a standard reference by students of sinology and comparative literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196)
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Subject Chinese literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Wong, Siu-kit
Lo, Allan Chung-hang.
Lam, Kwong-tai.
ISBN 9789882200432
9882200435
Other Titles 880-01 Wen xin diao long. English
880-01/$1 文心雕龍. English
880-02 Wenxin diaolong
880-02/$1 文心雕龍嚨