Critics and Commentators

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The "Book of Poems" as Classic and Literature

By: Bruce Rusk

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Hardcover | 17 December 2012 | Edition Number 1

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At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, the most esteemed genre of elite composition. In imperial China, however, literary criticism and classical learning represented distinct fields of inquiry that differed in status, with classical learning considered more serious and prestigious. Literary critics thus highlighted connections between the Book of Poems and later verse, while classical scholars obscured the origins of their ideas in literary theory.

This book explores the mutual influence of literary and classicizing approaches, which frequently and fruitfully borrowed from one another. Drawing on a wide range of sources including commentaries, anthologies, colophons, and inscriptions, Bruce Rusk chronicles how scholars borrowed from critics without attribution and even resorted to forgery to make appealing new ideas look old. By unraveling the relationships through which classical and literary scholarship on the Book of Poems co-evolved from the Han dynasty through the Qing, this study shows that the ancient classic was the catalyst for intellectual innovation and literary invention.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Asian History Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Poetry & Poets General Literary Studies Classical Literary Studies Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Poetry

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Tables and Figures	p. xi
Conventions	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Chart of Historical Periods Discussed	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
A Critic in the Borderlands	p. 1
From Margin to Footnote	p. 4
The Formation of a Canon	p. 5
Structure of the Book	p. 10
Implications	p. 13
Poems and Poems	p. 15
Talking with a Madman	p. 17
A New Classic: The Songs of Chu	p. 22
The Shi Thing	p. 25
Poems on Stone	p. 30
Genre Trouble	p. 35
Supplementing and Rewriting	p. 41
Rhyme as a Reason	p. 45
Three Hundred More	p. 51
Re-Collections	p. 57
Early Anthologies: Plans and Principles	p. 59
Collecting the Classics	p. 68
The Poetics of Completism	p. 70
Found Poetry: The Stone Drums	p. 78
Verse Inscribed	p. 81
A Market for Antiquity	p. 83
Boundaries Restored	p. 86
Recalling the Canon: The Classic Inspires Anthologies	p. 88
In the Image of the Classic	p. 95
Ritual Models	p. 97
Autocommentary: Prefaces	p. 99
Commentary Where It Counted	p. 100
Rewriting the Canon: Song Dynasty Ritual Songs	p. 105
New Doubts in the Song	p. 110
Circulation in the Troposphere	p. 115
Defining and Refining the Tropes	p. 117
Interpreting Creation	p. 120
Borrowing Back	p. 123
Zhu Xi: Engaging with Two Canons	p. 126
Joining Fortes: Tropes in Combination	p. 130
Speaking with Master Qu: Zhu Xi and the Songs of Chu	p. 134
Counterfactual Canons: Extending the Principles	p. 141
Recombination	p. 143
Inventious Discovery	p. 149
The Lu School, Lost and Found	p. 150
The Mind's Eye: New Readings in the Ming	p. 152
Reinvented Traditions	p. 158
Pernicious Poems?	p. 169
The Breakdown of Song Learning	p. 172
Better Writing Through Forgery	p. 177
Duplicitous Standards: The Manipulation of the Lu Poems	p. 180
Hidden Legacies	p. 188
Debunking and Rethinking	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 194
Appendixes
The Han and Mao School Readings of "Heaven Made"	p. 203
Early Witnesses to Shao Yong's Couplet	p. 204
The Authenticity of Shizbun &Chinese character; and Shiyi &Chinese character;	p. 206
Tang to Ming Collections with Titles Alluding to the Poetry Classic	p. 208
Reference Matter
Notes	p. 219
Works Cited	p. 253
Index	p. 271
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