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The Scholar and the State

- Fiction as Political Discourse in Late Imperial China
Af: Liangyan Ge Engelsk Hardback

The Scholar and the State

- Fiction as Political Discourse in Late Imperial China
Af: Liangyan Ge Engelsk Hardback
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In imperial China, intellectuals devoted years of their lives to passing rigorous examinations in order to obtain a civil service position in the state bureaucracy. This traditional employment of the literati class conferred social power and moral legitimacy, but changing social and political circumstances in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) periods forced many to seek alternative careers. Politically engaged but excluded from their traditional bureaucratic roles, creative writers authored critiques of state power in the form of fiction written in the vernacular language.

In this study, Liangyan Ge examines the novels Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Scholars, Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as Story of the Stone), and a number of erotic pieces, showing that as the literati class grappled with its own increasing marginalization, its fiction reassessed the assumption that intellectuals’ proper role was to serve state interests and began to imagine possibilities for a new political order.

The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.

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In imperial China, intellectuals devoted years of their lives to passing rigorous examinations in order to obtain a civil service position in the state bureaucracy. This traditional employment of the literati class conferred social power and moral legitimacy, but changing social and political circumstances in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) periods forced many to seek alternative careers. Politically engaged but excluded from their traditional bureaucratic roles, creative writers authored critiques of state power in the form of fiction written in the vernacular language.

In this study, Liangyan Ge examines the novels Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Scholars, Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as Story of the Stone), and a number of erotic pieces, showing that as the literati class grappled with its own increasing marginalization, its fiction reassessed the assumption that intellectuals’ proper role was to serve state interests and began to imagine possibilities for a new political order.

The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 292
ISBN-13: 9780295994178
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0295994177
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 2015
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 2015
Forfatter(e): Liangyan Ge
Forfatter(e) Liangyan Ge

Kategori China

ISBN-13 9780295994178

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 292

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 2015

Oplagsdato 1 jan 2015

Forlag University of Washington Press

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