textual fracas
Texts and Theorists in
Nineteenth-century China
Textual Background
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Textual versus literary studies
志: 文
风: 骨
Text as physical and conceptual
Textual periodisation
Textual Background
Bone, shell
Bamboo slips
Scrolls
Folded paper
Thread-bound juan
Journals
Western-style books
Ebooks
Textual Background
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Gudai/Jindai 古代 现代 1840s
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Jindai /Xiandai 近代 现代 1910s
C19 Literary Theorists
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A theorist of wen,文
Writings to
-benefit others
-manifest the Dao
-reflect the author..
Literary theorists
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A clash between traditional theory and
western aesthetics?
Jindai criticism as a tool against the Qing?
Gong Zizhen and Wei Yuan: the politics of
literary criticism
C18 scholarship: Han vs Song
Kaozheng 考证 philological studies
Literary form as worthy of study?
Literary Theorists
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龚自珍 Gong Zizhen 1792-1841
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魏源 Wei Yuan 1794-1856
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刘熙载 Liu Xizai 1813-1881
Literary Theorists
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Criticism as state-strengthening exercise
Literary analysis to reflect social reality
Personal morality reflected in literary
output
Wen = 道， 义， 事， 情