{"product_id":"ways-with-words-writing-about-reading-texts-from-early-china-studies-on-china-volume-24-9780520224667","title":"Ways with Words: Writing about Reading Texts from Early China (Studies on China) (Volume 24)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWays with Words: Writing about Reading Texts from Early China (Studies on China) (Volume 24)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Owen, Stephen. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520224667.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWays with Words 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.\n\nThe texts themselves include a poem from the Classic of Poetry compiled in the sixth century b.c.e.; passages from Mencius and Zhuangzi; the Heart Sutra; a poem by Du Fu and the Biography of Yingying by Yuan Zhen, both written during the Tang dynasty; and Notes on the Method for the Brush, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665921335349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520224663","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520224667_fbf5f557-647d-4624-8b57-8afac0118416.jpg?v=1782449664","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ways-with-words-writing-about-reading-texts-from-early-china-studies-on-china-volume-24-9780520224667","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}