Materials for an anatomy of personality in late imperial China / / by Paolo Santangelo.

• Superior document: Emotions and states of mind in East Asia, v. 1
• Author: Santangelo, Paolo.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Emotions and states of mind in East Asia ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (540 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One /; Chapter Two /; Chapter Three /; Chapter Four /; Appendix /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references(p. [475]-511 )and index.
• ISBN: 128294987X; 9786612949876; 9047430972
• ISSN: 1878-8084
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Paolo Santangelo.

How was the concept of 'personality' perceived in (late-imperial) China? Re-constructing the main features describing the individual, this volume, firmly based in textual sources, is a reflection on personality and its attributes in China. It discusses terms that express the propensity, inclinations, predispositions, and temperament of subjects, departing from the descriptions that represent one’s and the other’s self, as well as terms that describe or label a person's main qualities or defects. As judgments contribute to formulate the image of ourselves and others, when talking of personality not only individual characters (biological traits, cultural basis, innate and acquired traits and habits) are looked into, but also social values and collective mentality, as well as individual and group subjectivity.