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Yang Xiong and the pleasures of reading and classical learning in China
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Yang Xiong and the pleasures of reading and classical learning in China / by Michael Nylan.
ISBN
9780940490321 (alk. paper)
Published
New Haven, Conn. : American Oriental Society, 2011.
Physical Description
148 p. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2011
Series
American Oriental Series ; 94
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: Yang's life from the early sources
Playing with manuscripts: stages in an evolving manuscript culture; literacy, and Yang Xiong's intended readers
Playing with words: Yang's play with graphs and dialogues; Yang's pleasure theory as it relates to classical learning
At play with the ancients: philological matters; Yang the historian; background to the Haogu movement.
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