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- Defines the key Chinese concept of xìng
- Highlights the importance of the interplay between intellect, emotion and will in xìng
- Explores xìng as a widely used creative technique in Chinese Literature and culture
Part of the book series: Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture (KCCTC)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This Key Concepts pivot discusses the significance of the ancient Chinese concept of xìng or ‘Association’ in defining Chinese civilization and thought through the centuries. An approach unique to literary creation in China, xìng highlights the importance Chinese civilization sets by the integration of intellect, emotion and will into a highly consistent concept across its personal and public spheres. The book explores how the concept has been a widely used creative technique even in the earliest collections of Chinese poems, using metaphor and symbolism to set the scene and indicate thoughts and emotions invested in the vehicle of metaphor, as well as its impact on Chinese literature and philosophy as a domain of multiple meanings in classical Chinese aesthetics.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Jixi Yuan
About the author
Perry W. Ma is Professor at Lane Community College, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Oregon. His past publications include books in translation Amazing Tales: Second Series, Confucius: The Sage on the Road, and Random Recollections of the Cow Shed.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Redefining Chinese Literature and Art
Authors: Jixi Yuan
Translated by: Perry W. Ma
Series Title: Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3555-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd. This international edition is exclusively licensed to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. for worldwide distribution outside of China 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3554-9Published: 22 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-3555-6Published: 04 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-8464
Series E-ISSN: 2524-8472
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 106
Topics: Non-Western Philosophy, Asian Literature, History of China