Liu Tsung-Yuan and Intellectual Change in T''ang China, 773-819

Klappentext This book is a comprehensive study of Liu Tsang-yuan (773 819)! a major literary and intellectual figure in Chinese history. The major aspects of Liu's life and work are explored: the social and cultural background of his family! his relationship with the ku-wen prose reforms and new canonical scholarship in the mid-T'ang! his social and political criticism! his views on Confucian doctrine! and his sentiments and reflections regarding the private realm of human life. Its scope goes beyond the 'life and thought' of this principal intellectual figure in its special emphasis on the connections between Liu's thought and mid-T'ang intellectual change! modifying the conventional view that the mid-T'ang Confucian revival led by Han Yu (768 824) and Liu Tsung-yuan was a precursor of Sung Neo-Confucianism. Chen suggests that the mid-T'ang Confucian movement was essentially a revival of an old form of Confucianism and that Liu's was a powerful voice expressing this sentiment. This in-depth study also encompasses a general interpretation of the nature of the T'ang-Sung intellectual transition. Anyone familiar with the intriguing yet elusive Liu Tsang-yuan will find this book fascinating. Zusammenfassung This study offers an interpretation of the origins of the T'ang-Sung intellectual tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Maps; Chronology; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Literati and thought in the early and middle T'ang; 2. Liu Tsung-yüan and the circumstances of Ch'ang-an; 3. 805: the abortive reform; 4. Declaration of principles: Tao and antiquity; 5. Heaven, the supernatural, and Tao; 6. Literary theory, canonical studies and beyond; 7. Sources of Liu's Confucian thought; 8, The private sphere; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Jo-Shui Chen, Jo-Shui (Professor of History) Chen, Ruoshui Chen, Jo-Shui Ch'en, Chen Jo-Shui, Jo-Shui Cyhen
• Assisted by: Patrick Hannan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.1992
• EAN: 9780521419642
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41964-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought; Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, History of Ideas, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Asian History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval