Fu Poetry Along the Silk Roads Third Century Chinese Writings on Exotica by Xurong Kong 9781641894739 1641894733

Fu Poetry Along the Silk Roads Third Century Chinese Writings on Exotica Xurong Kong – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781641894739, 1641894733

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• ISBN 10: 1641894733
• ISBN 13: 9781641894739
• Author:  Xurong Kong

This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE.

Third-century literary developments and the prevailing literary works from that era leave us with an impressive amount of information concerning exotic objects, such as plants, animals, and crafts, and record the cultural exchange between distant peoples whose goods, ideas, and technologies entered China.

These hitherto-forgotten rhapsodies express the profound interest and excitement of learned men for foreign objects. They bear witness to the cultural exchanges between China and other civilizations and provide a more nuanced insight of early medieval China as an integrated society rather than an isolated one.

Table contents:

Part I. Exotic Objects at Court

Chapter Two THE AGATE BRIDLE: TRANSFORMING AN INDIAN ROCK INTO A POLITICAL SYMBOL

Part II. Exotic Objects in the Mainstream

Chapter Three POMEGRANATE: BECOMING CHINESE APPLE

Chapter Four MONKEYS: GODS ELSEWHERE, PETS HERE

Part III. Exotic Images in the Sacred Space

Chapter Five PEACOCK: AUSPICIOUSNESS CHALLENGED

Chapter Six THE LOTUS: BECOMING A CHINESE ICON

Conclusion. THE VALUE OF OTHERNESS IN LITERATURE

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