Three kingdoms and Chinese culture / edited by Kimberly Besio and Constantine Tung.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Besio, Kimberly Ann.
• Tung, Constantine, 1933-

Series:

• SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
• SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Comparative literature--Chinese and Korean.
• Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400. San guo zhi yan yi.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 193 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A multi-disciplinary exploration of China's first great classical novel, Three Kingdoms, and its influence on Chinese culture.

Contents:

• Intro
• THREE KINGDOMS AND CHINESE CULTURE
• Contents
• Foreword: Th e Language of Values in the Ming Novel Th ree Kingdoms
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I. Three Kingdoms andChinese Values
• 1. Cosmic Foreordination andHuman Commitment: Th e Tragic Volition in Th ree Kingdoms
• 2. Essential Regrets: Th e Structure of Tragic Consciousness in Th ree Kingdoms
• 3. The Notion of Appropriateness (Yi)in Three Kingdoms
• II. Three Kingdoms andChinese History
• 4. The Beginning of the End: Th e Fall of the Han and the Opening of Th ree Kingdoms
• 5. Selected Historical Sources for Three Kingdoms: Refl ections from Sima Guang's and Chen Liang's Reconstructions of Kongming's Story
• III. Three Kingdoms in Chinese Drama and Art
• 6. Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei Bowang shao tun and Competing MasculineIdeals within the Development of theTh ree Kingdoms Story Cycle
• 7. The Theme of Three Kingdoms in Chinese Popular Woodblock Prints
• 8. Three Kingdoms at theDawn of the Twenty-First CenturyTh e Shanghai Jingju Company's Cao Cao and Yang Xiu
• IV. Three Kingdoms in Contemporary East Asia
• 9. From Three Kingdoms the Novel toThree Kingdoms the Television Series: Gains, Losses, and Implications
• 10. The Reception and the Place of Three Kingdoms in South Korea
• 11. Studies of Three Kingdoms in the New Century
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Y
• Z.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780791480496
• 0791480496
• 9781429498142
• 1429498145

OCLC:

172980809