The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons : : A Study of Thought and Pattern in Chinese Literature / / Liu Hsieh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Hsieh, Liu,
• TeilnehmendeR: Shih, Vincent Yu-Chung.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1959]; ©1959
• Year of Publication: 1959
• Language: English
• Series: Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Traces the origins of Chinese literature and the impact of nature by looking at Confucius, through the classics, poetry, and the relationship between music and poetry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- I. On Tao, the Source -- II. Evidence from the Sage -- III. The Classics as Literary Sources -- IV. Emendation of Apocrypha -- V. An Analysis of Sao -- VI. An Exegesis of Poetry -- VII. Musical Poetry (Yüeh-fu) -- VIII. Elucidation of Fu -- IX. Ode and Pronouncement (The Sung and the Tsan) -- X. Sacrificial Prayer and Oath of Agreement (The Chu and the Meng) -- XI. Inscription and Exhortation (The Ming and the Chen) -- XII. Elegy and Stone Inscription (The Lei and the Pei) -- XIII. Lament and Condolence (The Ai and the Tiao) -- XIV. Miscellaneous Writings -- XV. Humor and Enigma (The Hsieh and the Yin) -- XVI. Historical Writings -- XVII. Speculative Writings -- XVIII. Treatise and Discussion (The Lun and the Shuo) -- XIX. Edict and Script (The Chao and the Ts'e) -- XX. War Proclamation and Dispatch (The Hsi and the I) -- XXI. Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth (Feng Shan) -- XXII. Memorial, Part I (The Chang and the Piao) -- XXIII. Memorial, Part II (The Tsou and the Ch'i) -- XXIV. Discussion and Answer (The I and the Tui) -- XXV. Epistolary Writing (The Shu and the Chi) -- XXVI. Spiritual Thought or Imagination (Shen-ssu) -- XXVII. Style and Nature (T'i-hsing) -- XXVIII. The Wind and the Bone (Feng-ku) -- XXIX. Flexible Adaptability to Varying Situations (T'ung-pien ) -- XXX. On Choice of Style -- XXXI. Emotion and Literary Expression -- XXXII. Casting and Cutting, or, on Editing of Ideas and Rhetoric (]ung-ts'ai) -- XXXIII. Musicalness -- XXXIV. Paragraph and Sentence -- XXXV. Linguistic Parallelism -- XXXVI. Metaphor and Allegory (Pi and Hsing) -- XXXVII. Embellishment as Description -- XXXVIII. Factual Allusion and Textual Reference -- XXXIX. Philology and Choice of Words -- XL. The Recondite and the Conspicuous (Yin-hsiu) -- XLI. Literary Flaws -- XLII. The Nourishing of Vitality -- XLIII. Organization (Fu-hui) -- XLIV. Discussion on the Art of Writing (Tsung-shu) -- XLV. Literary Development and Time (Shih-hsu) -- XLVI. The Physical World -- XLVII. Literary Talents -- XLVIII. An Understanding Critic (Chih-Yin) -- XLIX. The Capacity of a Vessel (Ch'eng-ch'i) -- Glossary -- Index