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Li Mengyang (1473–1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li’s quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty.

Li Mengyang the NorthSouth Divide and Literati

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      Publisher Harvard University, Asia Center
      Published 31 October 2016
      ISBN-13 9780674970595
      978-0674970595
      ISBN-10 0674970594
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      Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Asian history

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      Book Synopsis
      Li Mengyang (1473–1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li’s quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty.

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