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Reading Philosophy, Writing Poetry

Intertextual Modes of Making Meaning in Early Medieval China

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ISBN 9780674983823

Publication Date: 03/19/2018

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Reading and Writing in Early Medieval China
  • 2. Xi Kang and the Poetics of Bricolage
  • 3. The Poetic Repertoire of Sun Chuo
  • 4. The Lanting Excursion and Poetry on the Mysterious
  • 5. The “Spontaneous” Poet Tao Yuanming as an Intertext
  • 6. Reading and Roaming the Landscape: The Classic of Changes in Xie Lingyun’s Poetry
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Translation of the Lanting Poems
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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