Reading Tao Yuanming : shifting paradigms of historical reception (427-1900) / Wendy Swartz.
Reading Tao Yuanming : shifting paradigms of historical reception (427-1900) / Wendy Swartz.
Reading Tao Yuanming : shifting paradigms of historical reception (427-1900) / Wendy Swartz.
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Cambridge, Mass. : published by the Harvard University Asia Center : distributed by Harvard University Press, c2008.
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N895.112/3
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English
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xii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Reclusion -- Tao Yuanming as Recluse in Early Biographies -- Allusion and Ambivalence in the Tang -- Quest for Philosophy and Motivations in the Song -- 3. "Personality" -- Reading Personality in Early Hermeneutical Theory -- The Moral Recluse Versus the Eccentric Recluse -- Fr...
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Cambridge, Mass. : published by the Harvard University Asia Center : distributed by Harvard University Press, c2008.
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Massachusetts
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c2008.
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"Tao Yuanming (365?-427), although dismissed as a poet following his death, is now considered one of China's greatest writers. Over the centuries, portrayals of his life - some focusing on his eccentricity, others on his exemplary virtue - have elevated him to iconic status. This study of the posthumous reputation of a central figure in Chinese lit...
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Reading Tao Yuanming : shifting paradigms of historical reception (427-1900) / Wendy Swartz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N895.112/3
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74VMb7b0l4K3
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9780674031845 (alk. paper)
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895.112
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991000761009702626
