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The literary mind and the carving of dragons: a study of thought and pattern in Chinese literature

Xie Liu and Youzhong Shi 1959 © Columbia University Press
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Series
  • Records of Civilization
ISBN(s)
  • 9789622012714 (paper)
Subject
  • Asian: China and Inner Asia
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  • Frontmatter
  • INTRODUCTION (page xi)
  • The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (page 1)
    • PREFACE (page 3)
    • I. ON TAO, THE SOURCE (page 9)
    • II. EVIDENCE FROM THE SAGE (page 13)
    • III. THE CLASSICS AS LITERARY SOURCES (page 17)
    • IV. EMENDATION OF APOCRYPHA (page 21)
    • V. AN ANALYSIS OF SAO (page 25)
    • VI. AN EXEGESIS OF POETRY (page 31)
    • VII. MUSICAL POETRY (YÜEH‐FU) (page 39)
    • VIII. ELUCIDATION OF FU (page 45)
    • IX. ODE AND PRONOUNCEMENT (THE SUNG AND THE TSAN) (page 49)
    • X. SACRIFICIAL PRAYER AND OATH OF AGREEMENT (THE CHU AND THE MENG) (page 54)
    • XI. INSCRIPTION AND EXHORTATION (THE MING AND THE CHEN) (page 59)
    • XII. ELEGY AND STONE INSCRIPTION (THE LEI AND THE PEI) (page 64)
    • XIII. LAMENT AND CONDOLENCE (THE AI AND THE TIAO) (page 68)
    • XIV. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS (page 73)
    • XV. HUMOR AND ENIGMA (THE HSIEH AND THE YIN) (page 78)
    • XVI. HISTORICAL WRITINGS (page 83)
    • XVII. SPECULATIVE WRITINGS (page 94)
    • XVIII. TREATISE AND DISCUSSION (THE LUN AND THE SHUO) (page 101)
    • XIX. EDICT AND SCRIPT (THE CHAO AND THE TS'E) (page 108)
    • XX. WAR PROCLAMATION AND DISPATCH (THE HSI AND THE I) (page 116)
    • XXI. SACRIFICES TO HEAVEN AND EARTH (FENG SHAN) (page 121)
    • XXII. MEMORIAL, PART I (THE CHANG AND THE PIAO) (page 126)
    • XXIII. MEMORIAL, PART II (THE TSOU AND THE CH'I) (page 130)
    • XXIV. DISCUSSION AND ANSWER (THE I AND THE TUI) (page 136)
    • XXV. EPISTOLARY WRITING (THE SHU AND THE CHI) (page 144)
    • XXVI. SPIRITUAL THOUGHT OR IMAGINATION (SHEN-SSU) (page 154)
    • XXVII. STYLE AND NATURE (T'I‐HSING) (page 158)
    • XXVIII. THE WIND AND THE BONE (FENG‐KU) (page 162)
    • XXIX. FLEXIBLE ADAPTABILITY TO VARYING SITUATIONS (T'UNG‐PIEN) (page 165)
    • XXX. ON CHOICE OF STYLE (page 169)
    • XXXI. EMOTION AND LITERARY EXPRESSION (page 174)
    • XXXII. CASTING AND CUTTING, OR, ON EDITING OF IDEAS AND RHETORIC (JUNG‐TS'AI) (page 179)
    • XXXIII. MUSICALNESS (page 182)
    • XXXIV. PARAGRAPH AND SENTENCE (page 186)
    • XXXV. LINGUISTIC PARALLELISM (page 190)
    • XXXVI. METAPHOR AND ALLEGORY (PI AND HSING) (page 195)
    • XXXVII. EMBELLISHMENT AS DESCRIPTION (page 198)
    • XXXVIII. FACTUAL ALLUSION AND TEXTUAL REFERENCE (page 20)
    • XXXIX. PHILOLOGY AND CHOICE OF WORDS (page 208)
    • XL. THE RECONDITE AND THE CONSPICUOUS (YIN‐HSIU) (page 214)
    • XLI. LITERARY FLAWS (page 216)
    • XLII. THE NOURISHING OF VITALITY (page 222)
    • XLIII. ORGANIZATION (FU‐HUI) (page 225)
    • XLIV. DISCUSSION ON THE ART OF WRITING (TSUNG‐SHU) (page 229)
    • XLV. LITERARY DEVELOPMENT AND TIME (SHIH‐HSIIU) (page 233)
    • XLVI. THE PHYSICAL WORLD (page 245)
    • XLVII. LITERARY TALENTS (page 249)
    • XLVIII. AN UNDERSTANDING CRITIC (CHIH‐YIN) (page 258)
    • XLIX. THE CAPACITY OF A VESSEL (CH'ENG‐CH'I) (page 264)
  • Glossary (page 269)
  • Index (page 277)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAOS 80.3 (Jul., Sep. 1960): 275-277 http://www.jstor.org/stable/596193
JAS 19.3 (May, 1960): 331-332 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2943496
ArAs 23.2 (1960): 136-139 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3248077
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