'This Culture of Ours': Intellectual Transitions in t'Ang and Sung China

by Peter K. Bol

Book Overview

This book traces the shared culture of the Chinese elite from the seventh to the twelfth centuries. The early T'ang definition of 'This Culture of Ours' combined literary and scholarly traditions from the previous five centuries. The late Sung Neo-Confucian movement challenged that definition. The author argues that the Tang-Sung transition is best understood as a transition from a literary view of culture - in which literary accomplishment and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804723613
• ISBN13: 9780804723619
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"