Considering the end : mortality in early medieval Chinese poetic representation / by Timothy Wai Keung Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Timothy Wai Keung.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 107.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Chinese poetry.

Mortality in literature.

Death in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the representation of human mortality in early medieval Chinese literature. This theme is observed and reconstructed through the contextual and intertextual analysis of the work of eminent writers of the period, texts that have never been examined from an eschatological perspective. Through this perspective, and the careful use of research from the fields of religion and anthropology, the book offers a fresh view of commentator Wang Yi (fl. 89–158), well-known poets Ruan Ji (210–63), Tao Qian (365?–427), and Xie Lingyun (385–433), and also brings into the discussion relevant works by several previously neglected authors. The book contributes a new angle from which to appreciate literature of this and other periods in Chinese history.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: As the End Approaches

1. Wang Yi on Integrity and Loyalty

2. A Young Lady on Yellow Pongee Silk

3. Ruan Ji on Apocalypse

4. Tao Qian on His Deathbed

5. Xie Lingyun on Awakening

6. Composed on the Verge of Unnatural Death

7. Epilogue: The Fisherman in Reclusion

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613665072

9781280688133

1280688130

9789004229020

9004229027

OCLC:

795120510

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004229020 DOI