A Comprehensive History of Chinese Rhetoric (Modern and Contemporary Volume)

Author: Gongtong Hu, Li Jinling
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: China is one of the four ancient civilizations, with a long-standing cultural heritage. As a traditional discipline with profound cultural roots, Chinese rhetoric is equally ancient; it is a rich and precious academic legacy of ours. Chinese rhetoric has its own distinctive characteristics. By examining and researching its formation and development from multiple, systematic, and dynamic perspectives, we aim to describe the historical process of Chinese rhetoric, explore its underlying patterns, and thereby fulfill the purpose of writing this "Comprehensive History of Chinese Rhetoric." Here, we make preliminary explorations on some fundamental theories of the history of rhetoric, the characteristics and patterns of the history of Chinese rhetoric, and related issues.