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Songs of Contentment and Transgression
- Discharged Officials and Literati Communities in Sixteenth-Century North China
part of the Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (HUP) series
part of the Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 314
- Published:
- October 30, 2010
- Dimensions:
- 236x161x27 mm.
- Weight:
- 582 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 20, 2024
Description of Songs of Contentment and Transgression
This book explores three discharged Ming officials in the sixteenth century-Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian-who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. As their efforts reveal, a disappointing end to an official career and a physical move away from the center led to their embrace and pursuit of a marginalized literary genre, qu.
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