Fu Poetry Along the Silk Roads : : Third-Century Chinese Writings on Exotica / / Xurong Kong.
This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE. Third-century literary developments and the prevailing literary w...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | East Meets West: East Asia and Its Periphery from 200 BCE to 1600 CE
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction: A CENTURY OF WRITING ON OBJECTS -- Part I. EXOTIC OBJECTS AT COURT -- Chapter One. ROSEMARY AND THE CONTEST OF THE CAOS -- Chapter Two. THE AGATE BRIDLE: TRANSFORMING AN INDIAN ROCK INTO A POLITICAL SYMBOL -- Part II. EXOTIC OBJECTS IN THE MAINSTREAM -- Chapter Three. POMEGRANATE: BECOMING CHINESE APPLE -- Chapter Four. MONKEYS: GODS ELSEWHERE, PETS HERE -- Part III. EXOTIC IMAGES IN THE SACRED SPACE -- Chapter Five. PEACOCK: AUSPICIOUSNESS CHALLENGED -- Chapter Six. THE LOTUS: BECOMING A CHINESE ICON -- Conclusion. THE VALUE OF OTHERNESS IN LITERATURE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Summary: | This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE. Third-century literary developments and the prevailing literary works from that era leave us with an impressive amount of information concerning exotic objects, such as plants, animals, and crafts, and record the cultural exchange between distant peoples whose goods, ideas, and technologies entered China. These hitherto-forgotten rhapsodies express the profound interest and excitement of learned men for foreign objects. They bear witness to the cultural exchanges between China and other civilizations and provide a more nuanced insight of early medieval China as an integrated society rather than an isolated one. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781802700268 9783110767094 9783110767001 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993752 9783110993738 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781802700268?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Xurong Kong. |