The Chinese Language in European Texts The Early Period

This detailed, chronological study investigates the rise of the European fascination with the Chinese language up to 1615. By meticulously investigating a wide range of primary sources, Dinu Luca identifies a rhetorical continuum uniting the land of the S

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The CHINESE LANGUAGE in EUROPEAN TEXTS The Early Period

Dinu Luca

Chinese Literature and Culture in the World

Series Editor Ban Wang Stanford University Stanford, California, USA

Aims of the Series As China is becoming an important player on the world stage, Chinese literature is poised to change and reshape the overlapping, shared cultural landscapes in the world. This series publishes books that reconsider Chinese literature, culture, criticism, and aesthetics in national and international contexts. While seeking studies that place China in geopolitical tensions and historical barriers among nations, we encourage projects that engage in empathetic and learning dialogue with other national traditions. Imbued with a desire for mutual relevance and sympathy, this dialogue aspires to a modest prospect of world culture. We seek theoretically informed studies of Chinese literature, classical and modern - works capable of rendering China’s classical heritage and modern accomplishments into a significant part of world culture. We promote works that cut across the modern and tradition divide and challenge the inequality and unevenness of the modern world by critiquing modernity. We look for projects that bring classical aesthetic notions to new interpretations of modern critical theory and its practice. We welcome works that register and analyze the vibrant contemporary scenes in the online forum, public sphere, and media. We encourage comparative studies that account for mutual parallels, contacts, influences, and inspirations.

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Dinu Luca

The Chinese Language in European Texts The Early Period

Dinu Luca National Taiwan Normal University Taipei City, Taiwan

Chinese Literature and Culture in the World ISBN 978-1-137-51225-3 ISBN 978-1-137-50291-9 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-50291-9

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