Title: Literati identity and its fictional representations in late imperial China /
Authors: Roddy, Stephen; Li, Ruzhen, approximately 1763-approximately 1830.; Xia, Jingqu.; Wu, Jingzi, 1701-1754.
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Li, Ruzhen,; Xia, Jingqu.; Wu, Jingzi,; Chinese fiction History and criticism.; Scholars in literature.
Abstract: "By reading vernacular fiction, scholarly and exegetical texts, and aesthetic treatises as parallel if not wholly identical attempts to redefine literati identity, the book aims to advance our understanding of the intersections and overlaps between literary and discursive practices of late traditional China."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Part I. The Image of the Literati in Qing Discourse. 1. Literati identity and the Qing epistemological crisis -- 2. Discourses of the literati and the literati in discourse -- 3. The intellectual milieus of three novelists -- Part II. The Deconstruction of Literati Identity in Rulin Waishi. 4. Scholars, poets, painters and essayists -- 5. The decline of literati mores -- 6. The use and abuse of ritual -- Part III. Fictional Reconstruction of Literati Identity. 7. Yesou Puyan: a Confucian-feminist utopia? -- 8. The philological musings of Jinghua Yuan