Written at imperial command : panegyric poetry in early medieval China / Fusheng Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Fusheng, 1959-

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--221 B.C.-960 A.D--History and criticism.

Chinese poetry.

Laudatory poetry--History and criticism.

Laudatory poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Panegyric poetry in early medieval China

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book-length study of panegyric poetry—yingzhao shi or poetry presented to imperial rulers—in the Chinese tradition. Examining poems presented during the Wei-Jin Nanbeichao, or early medieval period (220–619), Fusheng Wu provides a thorough exploration of the sociopolitical background against which these poems were written and a close analysis of the formal conventions of the poems.By reconstructing the human drama behind the composition of these poems, Wu shows that writing under imperial command could be a matter of grave consequence. The poets' work could determine the rise and fall of careers, or even cost lives. While panegyric poetry has been largely dismissed as perfunctory and insincere, such poems reveal much about the relations between monarchs and the intellectuals they patronized and also compels us to reexamine the canonical Chinese notion of poetic production as personal, spontaneous expression.

Contents:

Intro

Written at Imperial Command

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Han Epideictic Rhapsody: The Protoype of Panenric Potry

2. Self-Foregrounding in the Panegyric Poetry of the Jian'an Era

3. Archaic Elegance in the Panegyric Poetry of the Jin Dynasty

4. Addressing the Bestand Worst of Rulers: Panenric Potry of the Liu Song Dynasy

5. Praising Rulers throughout Calm and Conspiracy: The Southern Qi Dynasy

6. The Flourishing of Panegyric Poetry during the Liang Dynasty

7. Poetry's Embarrassment: Panegyric Poetry of the Chen Dynasty

8. Becoming Chinese: Panenric Potry during the Northern Dynasties

9. Matching Poems with a Cruel but Talented Ruler: The Sui Dynasy

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478721

0791478726

9781435639027

1435639022

OCLC:

220141908