{"product_id":"the-literary-mind-and-the-carving-of-dragons-isbn-9789629965853","title":"The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is the first  comprehensive work of literary criticism in Chinese, and one that has  been considered essential reading for writers and scholars since it was  written some 1,500 years ago. A vast compendium of all that was known  about Chinese literature at the time, it is simultaneously a taxonomy  and history of genres and styles and a manual for good writing. Its  chapters, organized according to the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, cover such topics  as “Choice of Style,” “Emotion and Literary Expression,” “Humor and  Enigma,” “Spiritual Thought or Imagination,” “The Nourishing of  Vitality,” and “Literary Flaws.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mind” is the ideas,  impressions, and emotions that take form—the “carving of the dragon”—in a  literary work. Full of examples and delightful anecdotes drawn from Liu  Hsieh’s encyclopedic knowledge of Chinese literature, readers will discover distinctive  concepts and standards of the art of writing that are both alien and  familiar.\u003ci\u003e The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is  not only a summa of classical Chinese literary aesthetics but also a  wellspring of advice from the distant past on how to write.\"Anyone who knows the difficulties involved must be aware that   Professor Shih’s translation of the whole book is an immense   undertaking, in itself deserving our deepest admiration.\" —David Hawkes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the milestones in the study of Chinese literature.\" —Liu Wu-chi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the Calligrams series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“All things must have their beginnings, and this beginning of the ‘Calligram' imprint is quite promising...These are inviting volumes. Their invitation is threefold, three volumes to kick off a series that deserves a long life and a wide readership.” —Steve Donoghue, \u003ci\u003eOpen Letters Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiu Hsieh\u003c\/b\u003e (465–522) was a Chinese literary critic and a Buddhist monk in the Ting-lin Monastery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Yu-chung Shih\u003c\/b\u003e (1902 - 2001) was the author of the \u003ci\u003eTaiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences \u003c\/i\u003eand  many Chinese-language books on Confucian philosophy and Chinese  aesthetics. He taught for thirty years at the University of Washington.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300684550373,"sku":"NP9789629965853","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9789629965853.jpg?v=1767740252","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-literary-mind-and-the-carving-of-dragons-isbn-9789629965853","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}