This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE.
Third-century literary developments and the prevailing literary works from that era leave us with an impressive amount of information concerning exotic objects, such as plants, animals, and crafts, and record the cultural exchange between distant peoples whose goods, ideas, and technologies entered China.
These hitherto-forgotten rhapsodies express the profound interest and excitement of learned men for foreign objects. They bear witness to the cultural exchanges between China and other civilizations and provide a more nuanced insight of early medieval China as an integrated society rather than an isolated one.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2022
Copyrightjahr
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-473-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-026-8
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
East Meets West: East Asia and Its Periphery from 200 BCE to 1600 CE
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
176
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction. A Century of Writing on Objects Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 18
Chapter One. Rosemary and the Contest of the Caos Kein Zugriff
Chapter Two. The Agate Bridle: Transforming an Indian Rock into a Political Symbol Kein Zugriff
Chapter Three. Pomegranate: Becoming Chinese Apple Kein Zugriff
Chapter Four. Monkeys: Gods Elsewhere, Pets Here Kein Zugriff
Chapter Five. Peacock: Auspiciousness Challenged Kein Zugriff
Chapter Six. The Lotus: Becoming A Chinese Icon Kein Zugriff
Conclusion. The Value of Otherness in Literature Kein Zugriff Seiten 131 - 142
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 143 - 160
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 161 - 168
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