Image and "Xiang": Tracing the Origins of Xiang Theory in Chinese and Western Poetics

Author: Zhao Xinlin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book aims to examine the research status and achievements of the study of ancient Chinese traditional poetics in overseas Sinology, with a focus on selecting several fundamental concepts for analysis. The goal is to explore the variations of these fundamental concepts of traditional Chinese poetics in a Western context and identify their underlying causes. Additionally, the book seeks to investigate the extent to which Chinese and Western poetics can communicate within their differences, hoping to make new discoveries or breakthroughs in this field and further promote the development of comparative poetics research between China and the West.