Word, Image, and Deed in the Life of Su Shi

by Ronald C. Egan

Remembered today primarily as a poet, calligrapher, and critic, the protean Su Shi was an outspoken player in the contentious politics and intellectual debates of the Northern Song dynasty. In this comprehensive study, Egan analyzes Su's literary and artistic work against the background of eleventhcentury developments within Buddhist and Confucian thought and Su's dogged disagreement with the New Policies of Wang Anshi. Egan explicates Su's views...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674955986
• ISBN13: 9780674955981
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.3"