The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons : A Study of Thought and Pattern in Chinese Literature / Liu Hsieh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsieh, Liu, author.

Contributor:

Shih, Vincent Yu-Chung.

Series:

Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1959]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Traces the origins of Chinese literature and the impact of nature by looking at Confucius, through the classics, poetry, and the relationship between music and poetry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Preface

I. On Tao, the Source

II. Evidence from the Sage

III. The Classics as Literary Sources

IV. Emendation of Apocrypha

V. An Analysis of Sao

VI. An Exegesis of Poetry

VII. Musical Poetry (Yüeh-fu)

VIII. Elucidation of Fu

IX. Ode and Pronouncement (The Sung and the Tsan)

X. Sacrificial Prayer and Oath of Agreement (The Chu and the Meng)

XI. Inscription and Exhortation (The Ming and the Chen)

XII. Elegy and Stone Inscription (The Lei and the Pei)

XIII. Lament and Condolence (The Ai and the Tiao)

XIV. Miscellaneous Writings

XV. Humor and Enigma (The Hsieh and the Yin)

XVI. Historical Writings

XVII. Speculative Writings

XVIII. Treatise and Discussion (The Lun and the Shuo)

XIX. Edict and Script (The Chao and the Ts'e)

XX. War Proclamation and Dispatch (The Hsi and the I)

XXI. Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth (Feng Shan)

XXII. Memorial, Part I (The Chang and the Piao)

XXIII. Memorial, Part II (The Tsou and the Ch'i)

XXIV. Discussion and Answer (The I and the Tui)

XXV. Epistolary Writing (The Shu and the Chi)

XXVI. Spiritual Thought or Imagination (Shen-ssu)

XXVII. Style and Nature (T'i-hsing)

XXVIII. The Wind and the Bone (Feng-ku)

XXIX. Flexible Adaptability to Varying Situations (T'ung-pien )

XXX. On Choice of Style

XXXI. Emotion and Literary Expression

XXXII. Casting and Cutting, or, on Editing of Ideas and Rhetoric (]ung-ts'ai)

XXXIII. Musicalness

XXXIV. Paragraph and Sentence

XXXV. Linguistic Parallelism

XXXVI. Metaphor and Allegory (Pi and Hsing)

XXXVII. Embellishment as Description

XXXVIII. Factual Allusion and Textual Reference

XXXIX. Philology and Choice of Words

XL. The Recondite and the Conspicuous (Yin-hsiu)

XLI. Literary Flaws

XLII. The Nourishing of Vitality

XLIII. Organization (Fu-hui)

XLIV. Discussion on the Art of Writing (Tsung-shu)

XLV. Literary Development and Time (Shih-hsu)

XLVI. The Physical World

XLVII. Literary Talents

XLVIII. An Understanding Critic (Chih-Yin)

XLIX. The Capacity of a Vessel (Ch'eng-ch'i)

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89522-4

OCLC:

298105332