A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings - Translations from the Asian Classics - Zhi Li - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231166126 - June 7, 2016
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A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings - Translations from the Asian Classics

Zhi Li

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A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings - Translations from the Asian Classics

Li Zhi's interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming. The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries. 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. Fond of vivid sentiment and sharp expression, Li Zhi refused to support sanctioned ideas about morality and wrote stinging critiques. In this sophisticated translation, English-speaking readers encounter the best of this intellectual's contribution to Chinese thought.


408 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 7, 2016
ISBN13 9780231166126
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 408
Dimensions 238 × 160 × 23 mm   ·   658 g
Editor Handler-Spitz, Rivi
Editor Lee, Pauline
Editor Saussy, Haun

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