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Paperback The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis Book

ISBN: 0691606269

ISBN13: 9780691606262

The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis

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This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a statesman, historian, poet, and devout lay defender of both Buddhism and Taoism. The title "Reticient Marquis" (Yin-hou) was awarded posthumously by the Liang Emperor Wu, who, though owning his own rise to power partly to Shen's bold counsel, had found him less than forthcoming from that point onward. Shen was indeed very reserved, and continually tortured by the conflicting claims of his ascetic...

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