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Pacing the Void

T'ang Approaches to the Stars

By (author) Edward H. Schafer

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  • This fascinating work provides us with a better understanding of the great legacy of art and literature of this greatest period in Chinese history
Full Description

In the author’s own words, this work attempts to recreate, for the 20th-century reader, the sky and the apparitions that ornament it as they were conceived, imagined, and reacted to by the men of T’ang-dynasty China-that is, to suggest what the medieval Chinese . . . thought they saw in the night sky, and how they treated those magic lights in their active lives, their private commitments, and their literary fabrications. Inevitably, this enterprise meant the exploration of the borderlands where science, faith, tradition, invention, and fantasy overlap. Armed with the new awareness that this fascinating work provides, we can better understand the great legacy of art and literature of this greatest period of cultural flowering in Chinese history.

Specifications
Publisher
Floating World Editions
ISBN
9781891640148
Published
19th Sep 2017
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
7.00 in x 9.94 in
Pages
368 Pages
Illustrations
20 b&w
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