Wangling Echoes (On the Death of Ji Kang and the Evolution of Wei-Jin Social Customs and Their Relationship with Literature)

Author: Ni Guihu
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is divided into four chapters: "The Reasons for Ji Kang's Murder," "The Transformation of Social Customs in the Western Jin and Eastern Jin Periods After Ji Kang's Murder," "The Relationship Between Social Customs and Literature in the Western Jin Period," and "The Relationship Between Social Customs and Literature in the Eastern Jin Period." It examines the transformation of social customs through the murder of Ji Kang, a key literary figure among the Bamboo Grove scholars, linking it to the formation of literary characteristics in the Jin periods and the changes in literary style, thereby reflecting the inner lives of Jin scholars.