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