Ways with words : writing about reading texts from early China / edited by Pauline Yu [and others].

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English
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
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ix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • . Chapter 1. Sheng min (Shijing [Classic of Poetry], Mao 245: "Birth of the People") / Translations: Berhard Karlgren, Stephen Owen
    • Questions about the Language of Sheng Min / David R. Knechtges
    • Interpreting Sheng min / Stephen Owen
    • Reading Sheng Min / Williard Peterson
    • Perspective on Readings of Sheng Min / Pauline Yu. Chapter 2. Mencius 2A.2 / translation: D.C. Lau
    • Are You a Sage? / Williard Peterson
    • "There Has Never Been One Greater than Confucius" / Peter Bol
    • Perspective on Readings of Mencius 2A.2 / Stephen Owen. Chapter 3. Qi wu lun (Zhuangzi: "Seeing Things as Equal"): translation: "The sorting which evens things out" / A.C. Graham
    • Look at the Finger, Not Where It is Pointing / Stephen H. West
    • Vision and Identity in Qi wu lun / Martin Powers
    • On Making Noise in Qi wu lun / Wai-yee Li
    • Perspective on Readings of Qi wu lun: I am Not Dreaming This / William Peterson. Chapter 4. Heart sūtra (Xin Jing) / translations: Stephen F. Teiser, Stephen H. West
    • The Heart Sūtra / Michael A. Fuller
    • Heart Sūtra / Stephen H. West
    • Perspective on Readings of the Heart Sūtra: The Perfection of Wisdom and the Fear of Buddhism / Stephen F. Teiser. Chapter 5. Zi jing fu Fengxian yong huai wu bai zi (Du Fu, "Going From the Capital to Fengxian") / translation: Stephen Owen
    • What's in a Title? "Expressing My Feelings on Going from the Capital to Fengxian Prefecture: Five Hundred Characters" by Du Fu / David R. Knechtges
    • Du Fu, "Song of my Cares en Route from the Capital to Fengxian" / Lynn Struve
    • The Crisis of Witnessing in Du Fu's "A Song of my Thoughts when Going from the Capital to Fengxian: Five Hundred Words" / Wai-yee Li
    • Perspective on Readings of Du Fu, Zi jing fu Fengxian yong huai wu bai zi / Stephen Owen. Chapter 6. Yingying zhuan (Yuan Zhen, "Biography of Yingying") / translation: Stephen Owen
    • The Story of Yingying / Pauline Yu
    • Mixture of Genres and Motives for Fiction in "Yingying's Story" / Wai-yee Li
    • On Yingying zhuan, by Yuan Zhen / Peter Bol. Chapter 7. Bi fa ji (Jing Hao, "Notes on the Method for the Brush") / translation and commentary: Stephen H. West
    • Bi fa ji / Stephen Owen
    • How to Read a Chinese Painting: Jing Hao's Bi Fa Ji / Martin Powers
    • Perspectives on Readings of "The Record of the Method of the Brush" / Willard Peterson.
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    Writing about reading texts from early China
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    ISBN
    • 0520216059 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780520216051 ((alk. paper))
    • 0520224663 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780520224667 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    99059753
    OCLC
    42935760
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    • 2027/heb.33039
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