Title A book to burn and a book to keep (hidden) : selected writings / Li Zhi ; edited and translated by Rivi Handler-Spitz, Pauline C. Lee, and Haun Saussy

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Translations from the Asian classics Translations from the Asian classics. Contents 880-01 Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; Selections from A Book to Burn (Fenshu); Part I: Prefaces; Part II: Letters; Part III: Miscellaneous Writings: Short Essays and Discourses; Part IV: Readings of History; Part V: Poetry; Selections from Another Book to Burn (Xu fenshu); Part I: Prefaces; Part II: Letters; Part III: Miscellaneous Writings: Short Essays and Discourses; Part IV: Poetry; From A Book to Keep (Hidden) (Cangshu) (1599); The Historical Record; Chronology of Li Zhiâ#x80;#x99;s Life; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index 880-01/$1 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- SELECTIONS FROM A BOOK TO BURN (FENSHU 焚書) -- PART I. PREFACES 序引 -- PART II. LETTERS 書答 -- PART III. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜書 -- PART IV. READINGS OF HISTORY 讀史 -- PART V. POETRY 詩 -- SELECTIONS FROM ANOTHER BOOK TO BURN (XU FENSHU 續焚書) -- PART I. PREFACES 序引 -- PART II. LETTERS 書答 -- PART III. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜書 -- PART IV. POETRY 詩 -- FROM A BOOK TO KEEP (HIDDEN) (CANGSHU 藏書)(1599) -- THE HISTORICAL RECORD 史料 -- CHRONOLOGY OF LI ZHI'S LIFE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX Summary Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming (1472-1529). The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries, despite an imperial ban on their publication, and intrigued Chinese audiences long after his death. Translated for the first time into English, Li Zhi's bold challenge to established doctrines will captivate anyone curious about the origins of such subtly transgressive works as the sixteenth-century play The Peony Pavilion or the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber. In A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden), Li Zhi unseats accepted ideas about gender, questions the true identity of history's heroes and villains, and offers his own readings of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha. Fond of vivid sentiment and sharp expression, Li Zhi made no distinction between high and low literary genres. He refused to support sanctioned ideas about morality and wrote stinging social critiques. Li Zhi praised scholars who risked everything to expose extortion and misrule. In this sophisticated translation, English-speaking readers encounter the best of his heterodox intellect and vital contribution to Chinese thought and culture Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Table of contents in English and Chinese Print version record Subject Chinese literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General. Chinese literature Genre/Form poetry. Poetry Essays Poetry. Essays. Poésie. Form Electronic book Author Handler-Spitz, Rebecca, editor, translator. Lee, Pauline C., editor, translator. Saussy, Haun, 1960- editor, translator. ISBN 9780231541534 0231541538

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