Tang Dynasty Poetry in the Context of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism

Author: Chen Yan
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book takes the "Four Tangs" (early, mid, late, and late) as the longitude and the "Three Teachings" (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism) as the latitude, presenting the complexity and richness of Tang Dynasty poetry under the dual perspectives of time and belief. In terms of the former, the three teachings have gone through stages of coexistence in the early Tang, integration in the mid-Tang, friction in the mid-Tang, and transformation in the late Tang. As for the latter, different religious and philosophical beliefs during the same period led to different aesthetic pursuits and artistic tastes, resulting in the "vibrant early Tang spirit of renewal," the "grand and magnificent mid-Tang atmosphere," the "dynamic mid-Tang style of competing currents," and the "waning late Tang charm of the setting sun."