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Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean
Selected Essays by Jao Tsung-i on Literature and Related Topics
Series: - Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i, Volume: 4
Editor / Translator:
Jao Tsung-iâs scholarship illuminated the development of classical Chinese literature from antiquity through the end of the Qing dynasty. In this volume, eight interviews with and essays by Jao are translated faithfully into English, giving a sampling of his diverse insights into literature and its broader significance. Topics range from the religious beliefs underpinning the earliest Chinese writings, to the influence of Chan Buddhism on Chinese poetics, to Gu Yanwuâs (1613â1682) poetic protest against the Manchu conquest. Collectively the essays demonstrate how literary art and spiritual beliefs have been intertwined throughout Chinese history.
Nicholas Morrow Williams, Ph.D. (2010), University of Washington, is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at Arizona State University. He is the translator of Elegies of Chu (Oxford Worldâs Classics, 2022) and author of numerous other works on classical Chinese poetry.
Jao Tsung-i (1917â2018) was a prolific scholar and polymathic painter, poet, and calligrapher. Born in Chaozhou, he spent most of his career in Hong Kong, where he won international recognition as a leading interpreter and representative of Chinese cultural tradition.
Jao Tsung-i (1917â2018) was a prolific scholar and polymathic painter, poet, and calligrapher. Born in Chaozhou, he spent most of his career in Hong Kong, where he won international recognition as a leading interpreter and representative of Chinese cultural tradition.
Contents
Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i: Xuantang AnthologyâSeries Introduction
List of Tables and Figures
Editorâs Introduction
Original Titles and Sources for Text Translated in This Volume
1 Literature and Spirit: in Conversation with Shi Yidui
â1âThe Meaning of Shenming
â2âThe Function of Divination
â3âThe Verification of Spirits
2 Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Enlightenment: in Conversation with Shi Yidui
â1âThe Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the Rise of Chan Poetry
â2âComplete Penetration without Obstacle, Chan Mind Just So
â3âA Purified World, Ice Colder Than Water
3 Chinese Characters and Poetics
â1âStarting with Ezra Pound
â2âThe Earliest Signs and Chinese Characters
â3âThe Earliest Rhymed Narrative Poems
â4âMonosyllabic and Polysyllabic Words
â5âThe Development of Xingsheng zi and Their Aesthetic Functions
â6âThe Principles of Character Formation and the Concept of LeiÂ é¡ (Category)
â7âThe Conventions of Ellipsis and Reduplication
â8âParallelism and Tonal Prosody
â9âThe Development of Chinese Characters from a Functional Medium to an Aesthetic One and the Simplification of Poetry
â10âConclusion
4 Confucian Learning and the Art of Rhetoric
â1âVerbal Refinement and Establishing Sincerity Comprise the Union between the Interior and Exterior
â2âKnowing People from Their Words
â3âRhetoric and Pragmatics
5 On the âWen fuâ and Music
â1ââ2ââ3ââ4ââ5ââ6â6 Linked Pearls and Logic: a Case of Intercultural Misunderstanding
7 Suyab, the True Birthplace of Li Bai
â1âLocation of Suyab
â2âSuyab Was Not Located in Qarasahr
â3âNew Materials about Suyab
â4âTibet and Suyab
â5âSuyab and the Western Turks
â6âSpeculations about Why Li Baiâs Father Returned to Sichuan
â7âLi Baiâs Own Account of His Background
â8âConclusion
8 On the Poetry of Gu Yanwu
Bibliography
Index
Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i: Xuantang AnthologyâSeries Introduction
List of Tables and Figures
Editorâs Introduction
Original Titles and Sources for Text Translated in This Volume
1 Literature and Spirit: in Conversation with Shi Yidui
â1âThe Meaning of Shenming
â2âThe Function of Divination
â3âThe Verification of Spirits
2 Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Enlightenment: in Conversation with Shi Yidui
â1âThe Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the Rise of Chan Poetry
â2âComplete Penetration without Obstacle, Chan Mind Just So
â3âA Purified World, Ice Colder Than Water
3 Chinese Characters and Poetics
â1âStarting with Ezra Pound
â2âThe Earliest Signs and Chinese Characters
â3âThe Earliest Rhymed Narrative Poems
â4âMonosyllabic and Polysyllabic Words
â5âThe Development of Xingsheng zi and Their Aesthetic Functions
â6âThe Principles of Character Formation and the Concept of LeiÂ é¡ (Category)
â7âThe Conventions of Ellipsis and Reduplication
â8âParallelism and Tonal Prosody
â9âThe Development of Chinese Characters from a Functional Medium to an Aesthetic One and the Simplification of Poetry
â10âConclusion
4 Confucian Learning and the Art of Rhetoric
â1âVerbal Refinement and Establishing Sincerity Comprise the Union between the Interior and Exterior
â2âKnowing People from Their Words
â3âRhetoric and Pragmatics
5 On the âWen fuâ and Music
â1ââ2ââ3ââ4ââ5ââ6â6 Linked Pearls and Logic: a Case of Intercultural Misunderstanding
7 Suyab, the True Birthplace of Li Bai
â1âLocation of Suyab
â2âSuyab Was Not Located in Qarasahr
â3âNew Materials about Suyab
â4âTibet and Suyab
â5âSuyab and the Western Turks
â6âSpeculations about Why Li Baiâs Father Returned to Sichuan
â7âLi Baiâs Own Account of His Background
â8âConclusion
8 On the Poetry of Gu Yanwu
Bibliography
Index
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