Liu Tsung-yüan and Intellectual Change in T'ang China, 773-819 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) [Hardcover]

Jo-Shui Chen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521419646 | ISBN-13: 978-0521419642 | Publication Date: November 27, 1992

This is the first comprehensive study in a Western language of Liu Tsung-yÜan, one of the finest prose stylists China has ever produced. Liu was not only a leading writer of T'ang China (618-906) but also an important thinker of his time. Examining every major aspect of his life and thought, the book also discusses the relationship of his thought to mid-T'ang intellectual changes and offers a new interpretation of the origins of a key intellectual watershed, the rise of Neo-Confucianism in the eleventh century.

Editorial Reviews

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"Chen's copious documentation is impressive on the whole... ...Chen's book is a strong and solid contribution to T'ang intellectual history, going beyond two previous studies in western languages..." Canadian Journal of History

"It is competent, creative, and ambitious in concept....Scholars of the T'ang will be grateful for this work and will learn much from it." R. W. L. Guisso, Pacific Affairs

"...a thorough and scholarly study and a valuable addition to the small body of material that is available on the subject in English." Edwin G. Pulleyblank, China Review International

Book Description

This book is a comprehensive study of Liu Tsang-yüan (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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521419646
• ISBN-13: 978-0521419642
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,574,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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