{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-early-chinese-thought-9780231201223","title":"The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe modern imagination of classical Chinese thought has long been dominated by Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, and other “Masters” of the Warring States period. Michael Hunter argues that this approach neglects the far more central role of poetry, and the \u003ci\u003eShijing\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eClassic of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e) in particular, in the formation of the philosophical tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn outstanding book focused on reconstructing the worldview of the \u003ci\u003eShijing\u003c\/i\u003e and the role that worldview played in the development of early Chinese philosophy.  This is a tremendously exciting work that will force a rethinking of many assumptions in the field concerning how we understand early Chinese thought. -- Michael Puett, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a remarkably constructive book. Building upon the achievements of recent revisionist scholarship regarding the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e and armed with the tools of the digital humanities, Hunter restores the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e to its rightful place at the center of early Chinese thought as the text to which all other texts return. -- Griet Vankeerberghen, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eChang'an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHunter presents a radically different perspective on early Chinese literature, putting the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e center stage and reading all other traditions through that genre. This shift is likely to generate lively debate in the entire field of early China studies and has the potential to open up new avenues of research. -- Matthias Richter, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Embodied Text: Establishing Textual Identity in Early Chinese Manuscripts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an extremely refreshing and inspiring placement of the \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e at the center of thought from the Warring States into the early Chinese imperial period. Hunter convincingly shows how the notion of coming home pervades the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e and, through them, a wide array of other texts. By doing this, he also reconsiders the dominance of all too familiar boundaries and academic disciplines. -- Carine Defoort, coeditor of \u003ci\u003e The Legitimacy of Chinese Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReestablishing  the \u003ci\u003eShijing\u003c\/i\u003e as a text of major philosophical significance, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of  Early Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e will not only incite vehement debates among  scholars working on early Chinese thought, but also has the potential to  open up new avenues of research in the entire field of early Chinese  studies. -- Lisa Chu Shen * China Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe exemplary clarity and convincing argumentation of [this] book contribute to a new way to study Chinese intellectual history, avoiding the myopic over-emphasizing of ‘Masters’ texts, and acknowledging the essentially important anonymous compositions amongst which the \u003ci\u003eShi \u003c\/i\u003eare of paramount importance. -- Yegor Grebnev * Monumenta Serica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Reading the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. A Poetry of Return\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e Poetics Beyond the \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVerses of Chu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChuci\u003c\/i\u003e 楚辭)\u003cbr\u003e5. Comparing Canons: The \u003ci\u003eShi\u003c\/i\u003e Versus the Masters\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: A Classic of N\/Odes\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400359813463,"sku":"9780231201223","price":96.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231201223.jpg?v=1730470491","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-poetics-of-early-chinese-thought-9780231201223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}