The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought: How the Shijing Shaped the Chinese Philosophical Tradition

by Michael Hunter

Book Overview

The modern imagination of classical Chinese thought has long been dominated by Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, and other so-called "Masters" of the Warring States period. Michael Hunter argues that this approach neglects the far more central role of poetry, and the Shijing (Classic of Poetry) in particular, in the formation of the philosophical tradition.

Through a new reading of its ideology and poetics, Hunter reestablishes the Shijing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231201222
• ISBN13: 9780231201223
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"