Routledge Handbook of Traditional Chinese Literature

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-23100-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 742 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g

This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of 3,000 years of Chinese literature from its earliest beginnings to the end of the Qing (1644–1911), the last empire of China.

With a focus on well-known authors and masterpieces in each important genre, this volume covers verses, prose, drama, and fiction arranged in the following thematic groupings:

- Pre-Qin and Han poetry, poetry of the Six Dynasties, poetry of the Tang, poetry of the Song, and lyrics of the Song

- Prose of historians, prose of philosophers, and literati prose

- Tragedy and romance in Yuan drama, southern plays of ethics, and chuanqi plays of the Ming and the Qing

- Classical-language tales, vernacular short stories, heroic romances, novels of spirits and devils, novels of manners and satire, and novels of social exposure and prostitution

Featuring both introductions and in-depth analyses, this Handbook incorporates the most recent scholarly works for each entry and also facilitates future research by providing further readings.

Authored by a stellar line-up of experts in the field of Chinese literature, this is an essential reference guide for all students and scholars in the fields of Chinese literature and culture.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mair, Victor

Zhang, Zhenjun

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Poetry  Section 1: Pre-Qin and Han Poetry  1. The Classic of Poetry  2. Qu Yuan and the Songs of Chu  3. Poetry of the Han  Section 2: Poetry of the Six Dynasties  4. Poetry of the Wei and Jin  5. Tao Yuanming  6. Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao  Section 3: Poetry of High Tang: A  7. Landscape Poets: Meng Haoran and Wang Wei  8. Frontier Poets: Gao Shi, Cen Shen, and Others  9. Chan Poetry of Hanshan  Section 4: Poetry of High Tang: B  10. Li Bai: The Poet-Transcendent  11. Du Fu: The Poet-Historian  12. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen  Section 5: Poetry of Late Tang  13. Li He  14. Du Mu  15. Li Shangyin  16. Wen Tingyun  Section 6: Poetry of the Song  17. Lu You  18. Yang Wanli’s “Zhengzhai Style” Poetry  19. Li and Chan in Zhu Xi’s Poetry  Section 7: Lyrics of the Song  20. Liu Yong, Qin Guan and Zhou Bangyan  21. Li Qingzhao  22. Su Shi   23. Xin Qiji  Part 2: Prose  Section 8: Prose of Historians  24. Zuo Commentary  25. Discourse of States and Stratagems of the Warring States  26. The Grand Scribe’s Records  Section 9: Prose of Philosophers  27. Analects and Mencius  28. Laozi and Zhuangzi  29. Mozi and Han Feizi  Section 10: Prose of Literati  30. Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan  31. Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi  32. Yuan Hongdao and Zhang Dai  Part 3: Drama  Section 11: Tragedy and Romance in Yuan Drama  33. Guan Hanqing and His Injustice to Dou E  34. Autumn of the Han Palace and Rain on the Wutong Trees  35. The Orphan of Zhao  36. Romance of the Western Chamber  Section 12: Southern Plays of Ethics  37. Top Graduate Zhang Xie  38. The Thorn Hairpin  39. The Lute  Section 13: Chuanqi Plays of the Ming and Qing  40. The Peony Pavilion  41. The Palace of Lasting Life  42. The Peach Blossom Fan  Part 4: Fiction  Section 14: Classical-Language Tales  43. Strange Tales and Anecdotal Stories of the Six Dynasties  44. Tales of the Tang, Song, and Ming  45. Strange Tales from Liaozhai  Section 15: Vernacular Stories  46. Storytelling of the Song and the Yuan  47. Feng Menglong and His “Three Words”  48. Ling Mengchu and His “Two Slappings”  Section 16: The Heroic Romance  49. Romance of the Three Kingdoms  50. The Water Margin  51. Romance of the Sui and the Tang  Section 17: Novels of Spirits and Devils  52. Journey to the West  53. Canonization of the Gods  Section 18: Novels of Manners and Social Satire  54. The Plum in the Golden Vase  55. The Story of the Stone  56. The Scholars  Section 19: Novels of Social Exposure and Prostitution  57. The Travels of Lao Can and Exposure of the World of Officials  58. A Precious Mirror for Judging Flowers

Über Autor(innen)

Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Zhenjun Zhang is Professor of Chinese and Coordinator of Asian Studies at St. Lawrence University, USA.