Redefining Chinese Literature and Art

• Main Author: Yuan, Jixi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture,
• Subjects: Philosophy, Asian.; Oriental literature.; China-History.; Non-Western Philosophy.; Asian Literature.; History of China.

This Key Concepts pivot discusses the significance of the ancient Chinese concept of xìng or 'Association' in defining Chinese civilization and thought through the centuries. An approach unique to literary creation in China, xìng highlights the importance Chinese civilization sets by the...

Table of Contents:

• The Formation of the Concept of Xing in the Pre-Tang Periods
• Xing's Transformations after the Tang Dynasty
• A Study of the Structure of Xing
• Xing and Its Artistic Vigor.