Ronald C. Egan, "The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China"
English | 2006 | pages: 432 | ISBN: 0674022645 | PDF | 20,4 mb
During the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), new ground was broken in aesthetic thought, particularly in the fields of art collecting, poetry criticism, connoisseurship of flowers, and the song lyric. Collectively these activities constitute much of what was distinctive about Northern Song culture. Yet the subjects treated here were unprecedented when they appeared; consequently, bold exploration was coupled with anxiety about the worth of these interests, especially given the Confucian biases against these pursuits.