Taming the Wild Horse - An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures

Klappentext Taming the Wild Horse examines Gao's illustrated poems in terms of monasticism and contemplative practice! as well as the multivalent meaning of the "horse" in traditional Chinese culture and the consequences for both human and nonhuman animals. Zusammenfassung Taming the Wild Horse examines Gao’s illustrated poems in terms of monasticism and contemplative practice, as well as the multivalent meaning of the “horse” in traditional Chinese culture and the consequences for both human and nonhuman animals.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Komjathy
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780231181266
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18126-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, NATURE / Animal Rights, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Philosophy, HISTORY / Asia / China, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Chinese, Literary studies: general, Asian History, Animals and society, Nature in art, Horses and ponies: general interest, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Taoism, Nature; Animal rights