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The 18th-century Chinese novel Rulin waishi (The Unofficial History of the Scholars), Wu Jingzi’s (1701-54) ironic portrait of literati life, challenges the reader to come to grips with the mid-Qing debates over ritual and ritualism, and the construction of history, narrative, and lyricism.

Rulin waishi and Cultural Transformation in Late

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
      Publication Date: 30/06/2003
      ISBN13: 9780674010956, 978-0674010956
      ISBN10: 0674010957

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      Book Synopsis
      The 18th-century Chinese novel Rulin waishi (The Unofficial History of the Scholars), Wu Jingzi’s (1701-54) ironic portrait of literati life, challenges the reader to come to grips with the mid-Qing debates over ritual and ritualism, and the construction of history, narrative, and lyricism.

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