Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-69317-3
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 583 g

Reihe: Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i

Jao Tsung-i’s scholarship illuminated the development of classical Chinese literature from antiquity through the end of the Qing dynasty. In this volume, eight interviews with and essays by Jao are translated faithfully into English, giving a sampling of his diverse insights into literature and its broader significance. Topics range from the religious beliefs underpinning the earliest Chinese writings, to the influence of Chan Buddhism on Chinese poetics, to Gu Yanwu’s (1613–1682) poetic protest against the Manchu conquest. Collectively the essays demonstrate how literary art and spiritual beliefs have been intertwined throughout Chinese history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Nicholas Morrow

Weitere Mitwirkende

Williams, Nicholas Morrow

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Morrow Williams, Ph.D. (2010), University of Washington, is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at Arizona State University. He is the translator of Elegies of Chu (Oxford World’s Classics, 2022) and author of numerous other works on classical Chinese poetry.

Jao Tsung-i (1917–2018) was a prolific scholar and polymathic painter, poet, and calligrapher. Born in Chaozhou, he spent most of his career in Hong Kong, where he won international recognition as a leading interpreter and representative of Chinese cultural tradition.