Health and the Art of Living: Illness Narratives in Early Medieval - Chinese Literatur

Health and the Art of Living offers reflections on health and illness in early medieval Chinese literature (ca. 200-ca. 600) through a range of literary sources-essays, prefaces, correspondence, religious scriptures, and poetry; including works by Liu Xie and Xie Lingyun.

About the author

Antje Richter is Associate Professor of Chinese at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Product details

• Authors: Antje Richter, Richter Antje
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9780674299986
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29998-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; China, Education, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval