Xun Xu and the politics of precision in third-century AD China / by Howard L. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Howard L.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 95.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xun, Xu, -289.

Xun, Xu.

Historians--China--Biography.

Historians.

Scholars--China--Biography.

Scholars.

China--Intellectual life--221 B.C.-960 A.D.

China.

China--Politics and government--220-589.

China--History--Jin dynasty, 265-419.

China--History--Three kingdoms, 220-265.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This biography of the court scholar Xun Xu explores central areas of intellectual life in third-century China — court lyrics, music, metrology, pitch systems, archeology, and historiography. It clarifies the relevant source texts in order to reveal fierce debates. Besides solving technical puzzles about the material details of court rites, the book unfolds factional struggles that developed into scholarly ones. Xun’s opponents were major figures like Zhang Hua and Zhi Yu. Xun Xu’s overall approach to antiquity and the derivation of truth made appeals to an idealized Zhou for authority. Ultimately, Xun’s precision and methods cost him both reputation and court status. The events mark a turning point in which ideals were moving away from such court constructs toward a relatively more philosophical antiquarianism and towards new terms and genres of self-expression.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / H.L. Goodman

Introduction. The Zhengsheng 正聲 Mode / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 1. The Xuns Of Yingyin And Luoyang / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 2. Xun Xu’s First Posts, Ca. 248–265 / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 3. Aesthetics And Precision In Court Ritual Songs, Ca. 266–272 / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 4. Commandeering Staff And Proclaiming Precision, Ca. 273–274 / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 5. A Martinet Of Melody, Ca. 274–277 / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 6. A New Day, New Antiquities, New Factions, Ca. 277–284 / H.L. Goodman

Chapter 7. \'They’Ve Stolen My Phoenix Pool\', 284–89 And Beyond / H.L. Goodman

Bibliography / H.L. Goodman

Index / H.L. Goodman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-395) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-03914-1

9786613039149

90-04-19021-X

90-04-18337-X

OCLC:

707925998

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183377.i-414 DOI