- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages)
- Summary
- "Yan Yuan (1635-1704) has long been a controversial figure in the study of Chinese intellectual and cultural history. Although marginalized in his own time largely due to his radical attack on Zhu Xi (1130-1200), Yan became elevated as a great thinker during the early twentieth century because of the drastic changes of modern Chinese intellectual climate. In Body, Ritual and Identity : A New Interpretation of the Early Qing Confucian Yan Yuan (1635-1704), Yang Jui-sung has demonstrated that the complexity of Yan's ideas and his hatred for Zhu Xi in particular need be interpreted in light of his traumatic life experiences, his frustration over the fall of the Ming dynasty, and anxiety caused by the civil service examination system. Moreover, he should be better understood as a cultural critic of the lifestyle of educated elites of late imperial China. By critically analyzing Yan's changing intellectual status and his criticism that the elite lifestyle was unhealthy and feminine, this new interpretation of Yan Yuan serves to shed new light on our understanding of the features as well as problems of educated elite culture in late imperial China"--Provided by publisher.--
- Series Statement
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 132
- Uniform Title
- Body, ritual and identity (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Body, ritual and identity (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2016008445
- OCLC
- ssj0001662727
- Author
Yang, Jui-sung, 1963-
- Title
Body, ritual and identity [electronic resource] : a new interpretation of the early Qing Confucian Yan Yuan (1635-1704) / by Jui-sung Yang.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Series
Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 132
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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