Sentimental education in Chinese history : : an interdisciplinary textual research on Ming and Qing sources / / Paolo Santangelo.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia
• VerfasserIn: Santangelo, Paolo,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This is the long-awaited first book-form result of the author's pioneering interdisciplinary research on a key problem for understanding Chinese texts, and, therewith, China: its ways of expression of emotions and states of mind. Relying on his immense database on (mostly) Ming and Qing sources, the author here presents the first truly solid, source-based survey on the subject. After analysing the methodological problems involved, the volume focuses on contradictions between official values on the one hand, and practical compromises between individual appetitive energies and personal tendencies for wealth and gratification of desires on the other hand. It analyses the negotiating process between the rigid ethical codes and dynamic social changes, as well as how social control influences the cognitive elements of emotions, both in restraining personal passions and promoting the "virtuous sentiments".

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Object of the Research -- Cultural Construction of Emotions -- The Representation of Emotions and its Language. The Cases of Laugh and Sigh -- The Codes of Emotions. Searching for "Cognitive Elements" -- On Selected Chinese Sources -- Social and Cultural Background -- A Preliminary Survey -- Symbolic Representations of Emotions: Metaphors and Stereotypes, Allegories of Passions and Some Related Concepts -- Ideological Representation of Emotions: Philosophical Background -- The Control of Passions -- The "Cult of Emotions" -- Some Attempts at Classification -- General Chinese Terms for States of Mind and Emotions -- The Working Method of the Project -- 1. Positive Expectations and Interactions. Love-Desire-Hope Complex: Terminology and Definitions -- Chinese Terms and Some Examples -- 2. Aggressive-Opposing Emotions. Anger-Aversion-Disgust Complex and Jealousy: Terminology and Definitions -- Chinese Terms and Some Examples -- 3. Negative Projections. Fear-Fright-Suspicion-Worry Complex and Surprise: Terminology and Definitions -- Chinese Terms and Some Examples -- 4. Unsatisfactory Affects. Sadness-Regret-Shame Complex: Terminology and Definitions -- Chinese Terms and Some Examples -- 5. Satisfactory Affects: Joy-Pride Complex: Terminology and Definitions -- Chinese Terms and Some Examples -- Preliminary Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Textual Analysis: a Glossary -- Index -- SINICA LEIDENSIA.