Fu Poetry Along the Silk Roads

Third-Century Chinese Writings on Exotica
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64189-473-9
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE.

Third-century literary developments and the prevailing literary works from that era leave us with an impressive amount of information concerning exotic objects, such as plants, animals, and crafts, and record the cultural exchange between distant peoples whose goods, ideas, and technologies entered China.

These hitherto-forgotten rhapsodies express the profound interest and excitement of learned men for foreign objects. They bear witness to the cultural exchanges between China and other civilizations and provide a more nuanced insight of early medieval China as an integrated society rather than an isolated one.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kong, Xurong

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A Century of Writing on Objects

Part I: Exotic Objects at Court

Chapter One—Rosemary: Contest for the Caos

Chapter Two—Agate Bridle: Transforming An Indian Rock to A Political Symbol

Part II: Exotic Objects in the Main Stream

Chapter Three—Pomegranate: Becoming Chinese Apple

Chapter Four—Monkey: God Elsewhere, Pets Here

Part III: Exotic Images in the Sacred Space

Chapter Five—Peacock: Auspiciousness Challenged

Chapter Six—Lotus: Becoming A Chinese Icon

Conclusion: The Value of Otherness in Literature

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Kong, Xurong
Xurong Kong is an Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture at Kean University, a Fulbright Specialist, and a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellow.