The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513) : : The Reticent Marquis / / Richard B. Mather.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Mather, Richard B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5399
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a statesman, historian, poet, and devout lay defender of both Buddhism and Taoism. The title "Reticient Marquis" (Yin-hou) was awarded posthumously by the Liang Emperor Wu, who, though owning his own rise to power partly to Shen's bold counsel, had found him less than forthcoming from that point onward. Shen was indeed very reserved, and continually tortured by the conflicting claims of his ascetic Buddhist ideals and his love for luxury, his chameleon-like ability to preserve his influence through three regimes, and his high social and political status. Richard B. Mather provides the first full description in a Western language of Shen's life and though and supplies numerous translations of his surviving letters, memorials, poems, and essays.Richard B. Mather is Professor Emeritus and East Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Shen Family of Wu-hsing -- 3. Shen Yüeh's Early Years -- 4. The Historian -- 5. The Flowering of the Yung-ming Style -- 6. The Taoist Recluse -- 7. The Buddhist Layman -- 8. Death in the Suburbs -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX