The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China
The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China | Rare and modern books | Pei-Yi Wu
The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China
The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China | Rare and modern books | Pei-Yi Wu
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1992
- Author
- Pei-Yi Wu
- Publishers
- Princeton University Press
- Keyword
- CINA China Chine
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
Trade Paperback. 283 p. Very good xii + 283pp, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, extremities lightly worn, a very good copy in paperback. "Challenging the widely held belief that autobiography is a unique product of the West, Pei-yi Wu demonstrates that writing about he self did thrive in one non-Western civilization. The pages of this first full-length treatment of Chinese autobiography teem with fascinating individuals each of whom has a story to tell - champions of lost causes explaining their impending martyrdom to posterity, earnest Buddhists and Confucians reporting on their spiritual quests, irrepressible and inventive egoists indulging in self-celebration, and distressed moralists confessing their sins." Publisher's description
