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The Age of Courtly Writing: Wen xuan Compiler Xiao Tong (501-531) and His Circle: 106
Author(s): Ping Wang (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 14 Dec. 2023
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004225226
- ISBN-13: 9789004225220
Book Description
Scholarship on Xiao Tong in both China and the West has paid little attention to his own writings beyond the influential anthology compiled by the Liang Crown Prince. Adopting a philological approach, this book thorougly examines a multitude of texts written by Xiao Tong and his entourage, many of whom were powerful writers in their own right. In addition to drawing a picture of important aspects of Liang court culture such as education, literary composition, personal relations, and ideological and religious trends, this study also redresses a long-standing bias against court poetry. It will enhance our understanding not only of the early sixth-century but also, indirectly, of a significant portion of pre-modern Chinese literature in general.
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About the Author
Ping Wang, Ph.D. (2006) in Chinese Literature, University of Washington Seattle, is Assistant Professor of Chinese at Princeton University.
