Daoist philosophy and literati writings in late imperial China
Zhou, Zuyan, 1948-
Daoist philosophy and literati writings in late imperial China a case study of 'The story of the stone' / [electronic resource] : Zuyan Zhou. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. Hong Kong [China] : Chinese University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 316 pages).)
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-306) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Quanzhen Daoism and The story of the stone -- Daoist philosophy in late imperial China : adaptation, appropriation, transformation -- Chaos and the gourd -- Bird and fish -- The pure and the natural -- A brief reflection in lieu of conclusion : Daoist philosophy, literati writings, and Cao Xueqin -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
This volume first explores the transformation of Chinese Daoism in late imperial period through the writings of prominent literati scholars of the period. In such a cultural context it then launches an in-depth investigation into the Daoist dimensions of the Chinese narrative masterpiece, The Story of the Stone: the inscriptions of Quanzhen Daoism in the infrastructure of its religious framework, the ideological ramifications of the Daoist concepts of chaos, purity, and the natural, as well as the Daoist images of the gourd, fish, and bird. The author demonstrates in an insightful manner the central position of Daoist philosophy both in the ideological structure of the Stone and the literati culture that spawns it.
9789629969165
Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763. English. Hong lou meng.
Taoism in literature.
Taoism--History.--China
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL2275.T36 / Z564 2013
299.51409
Daoist philosophy and literati writings in late imperial China a case study of 'The story of the stone' / [electronic resource] : Zuyan Zhou. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. Hong Kong [China] : Chinese University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 316 pages).)
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-306) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Quanzhen Daoism and The story of the stone -- Daoist philosophy in late imperial China : adaptation, appropriation, transformation -- Chaos and the gourd -- Bird and fish -- The pure and the natural -- A brief reflection in lieu of conclusion : Daoist philosophy, literati writings, and Cao Xueqin -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
This volume first explores the transformation of Chinese Daoism in late imperial period through the writings of prominent literati scholars of the period. In such a cultural context it then launches an in-depth investigation into the Daoist dimensions of the Chinese narrative masterpiece, The Story of the Stone: the inscriptions of Quanzhen Daoism in the infrastructure of its religious framework, the ideological ramifications of the Daoist concepts of chaos, purity, and the natural, as well as the Daoist images of the gourd, fish, and bird. The author demonstrates in an insightful manner the central position of Daoist philosophy both in the ideological structure of the Stone and the literati culture that spawns it.
9789629969165
Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763. English. Hong lou meng.
Taoism in literature.
Taoism--History.--China
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL2275.T36 / Z564 2013
299.51409