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The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
Wilt Idema
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Description for The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W Illus.: 7,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HRKN5; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuang Zhou ca. 300 B.C.E.) dreams that he is a butterfly and wonders, upon awaking, if he in fact dreamed that he was a butterfly or if the butterfly is now dreaming that it is Zhuang Zhou. The text also recounts Master Zhuang's encounter with a skull, which praises the pleasures of death over the toil of living. This anecdote became popular with Chinese poets of the second and third century C.E. and found renewed significance with the founders of ... Read more
The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuang Zhou ca. 300 B.C.E.) dreams that he is a butterfly and wonders, upon awaking, if he in fact dreamed that he was a butterfly or if the butterfly is now dreaming that it is Zhuang Zhou. The text also recounts Master Zhuang's encounter with a skull, which praises the pleasures of death over the toil of living. This anecdote became popular with Chinese poets of the second and third century C.E. and found renewed significance with the founders of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231165044
SKU
V9780231165044
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About Wilt Idema
Wilt L. Idema is Research Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He has published widely on traditional Chinese vernacular fiction and drama and is fascinated by works at the intersection of literature and religion. In recent years, he has published a number of anthologies of plays and ballads concerning traditional Chinese legends and folktales. These books include The ... Read more
Reviews for The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
Idema is the master translator of Chinese popular and religious culture. Here he offers the first English-language translations of enchanting texts, both famous and rare, around one classic story: Zhuangzi's encounter with a skeleton. The anthology speaks both to universal concerns and to Chinese literature's unique way of blending religion, philosophy, poetry, and farce.
Vincent Goossaert, coauthor of The ... Read more
Vincent Goossaert, coauthor of The ... Read more