Princeton Legacy Library: Chinese Approaches to Literature from Confucius to Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao

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These essays by Chinese and Western scholars explore various aspects of Chinese literary theory, history, and criticism from Confucius to the early twentieth century. Topics include Confucius as a literary critic (Donald Holzman), the concept of ch'i, or vital force, in creative writing (David Pollard), and the literary theories of the eleventh-century poet Ou-yang Hsiu (Yu-shih Chen) alongside his contemporary Huang T'ing-chien (Adele Rickett). The work of the seventeenth-century philosopher-poet Wang Fu-chih is also examined (Siu-kit Wong). Additional essays delve into the Ch'ang-chou School of the Ch'ing dynasty (Florence Chia-ying Yeh Chao), the unique criticism of the Dream of the Red Chamber by Chih-yen chai commentators (John Wang), and the educational role of fiction as discussed by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Yen Fu at the turn of the century (C.T. Hsia). Originally published in 1978, this collection is part of the Princeton Legacy Library, which utilizes print-on-demand technology to reissue out-of-print works from Princeton University Press, ensuring the preservation of original texts in durable formats and enhancing access to the scholarly heritage of the press since its inception in 1905.