{"product_id":"ways-with-words-pauline-yu-9780520224667","title":"Ways with Words: Writing about Reading Texts from Early China Volume 24","description":"\u003ci\u003eWays with Words\u003c\/i\u003e presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works--drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history--challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The texts themselves include a poem from the \u003ci\u003eClassic of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e compiled in the sixth century b.c.e.; passages from \u003ci\u003eMencius\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eHeart Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e; a poem by Du Fu and the \u003ci\u003eBiography of Yingying\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuan Zhen, both written during the Tang dynasty; and \u003ci\u003eNotes on the Method for the Brush\u003c\/i\u003e, a tenth-century text attributed to Jing Hao. Both the original Chinese versions and the translations are provided for each primary text. There are at least two essays--when possible from scholars in different fields--on each work. The volume as a whole demonstrates the various ways in which the modern Western reader can confront the impressive variety of texts from the classical Chinese tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pauline Yu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520224663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520224667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.94w x 0.76d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pauline Yu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431305728255,"sku":"9780520224667","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c264baed-130c-4302-9121-f00b87975672.jpg?v=1735140931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ways-with-words-pauline-yu-9780520224667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}