{"product_id":"ways-with-words","title":"Ways with Words","description":"\"Ways with Words\" presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works - drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history - challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. The texts themselves include a poem from the \"Classic of Poetry\" compiled in the sixth century b.c.e.; passages from \"Mencius and Zhuangzi\"; the \"Heart Sutra\"; a poem by Du Fu and the \"Biography of Yingying\" by Yuan Zhen, both written during the Tang dynasty; and \"Notes on the Method for the Brush\", a tenth-century text attributed to Jing Hao.Both the original Chinese versions and the translations are provided for each primary text. There are at least two essays - when possible from scholars in different fields - on each work. The volume as a whole demonstrates the various ways in which the modern Western reader can confront the impressive variety of texts from the classical Chinese tradition.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222027161944,"sku":"9780520224667","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780520224667.jpg?v=1764704737","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ways-with-words","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}