Celebrating the emotional self: Feng Meng-lung and late Ming ethics and aesthetics.

详细信息   

• 作者：Hsu ; Pi-ching.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：1994
• 导师：Waltner,Ann B.,eadvisor
• 毕业院校：University of Minnesota
• CBH：9501105
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：16991009
• Pages：288

文摘

The broad goal of this dissertation is to look for clues about both changes in ideas and intellectual continuity in late Ming 1368-1644) China,and to study their possible associations with other contemporary phenomena. The narrower goal is to investigate the historical meaning of the discourse on self and ching human emotional responses to particular circumstances) at the juncture of late Ming popular and elite cultures. At the centerpiece of my study are the discussions of the relationships between men and women,self and society,ching and li reason； pattern； principle),and meanings and expressions in Feng Meng-lungs 1574-1646) popular literature. The study explores two worlds: the world in which Feng Meng-lung lived,and the world Feng Meng-lung created. In the first three chapters I discuss the political,economic,social,and cultural aspects of Chiang-nan the lower Yangtze valley)； the "individualistic" and "romantic" search of philosophers,writers,and artists for an authentic self； and the dichotomy of ching and li in social and intellectual dimensions. In the last two chapters I analyze how Feng employed wit and humor to satirize human folly and social ailments--violation of ching--in his anthologies Hsiao-fu Treasury of Jokes),Tan-kai Survey of Talk),and Chih-nang Sack of Wisdom)； and how he advocated genuine feelings and chivalrous action--embodiment of ching--in his collections of folk and popular songs Kua-chih erh Hanging Twigs) and Shan-ko Hill Songs),collection of vernacular short stories San-yen Three Words),and anthology of Chinese love stories Ching-shih History of Love). Late Ming China was a favorable milieu for the rise of popular vernacular literature and unorthodox thinking,perhaps due to urbanization and commercialization,loss of central control over cultural values and social regulations,gloomy prospect of political careers for the elite,and a high literacy rate. The result was more multifarious culture and society. Feng Meng-lung was both a product and producer of this trend.