Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong
This paper analyzes and provides an alternative reading of several essential terms (gangling, maomu, and shuniu) around which Liu Xie famously articulates his vision on the structure of his Wenxin diaolong. It first examines how these key expressions produce contradictory projections when read non-f...
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| description | This paper analyzes and provides an alternative reading of several essential terms (gangling, maomu, and shuniu) around which Liu Xie famously articulates his vision on the structure of his Wenxin diaolong. It first examines how these key expressions produce contradictory projections when read non-figuratively; next it revisits their occurrences in earlier texts and proposes, in the case of shuniu, a significantly different reading; finally it explores the intricate intersections and rearrangements the “re-figuring” of these terms leads to. It suggests that respecting a text’s fundamental figurality should be seen as a prerequisite for accurate, nuanced and in-depth investigations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-09bf15cb881c4b9f92e6f48422bb28042023-01-18T09:02:20ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Asian Studies2232-51312350-42262010-12-0114310.4312/as.2010.14.3.3-18Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolongDinu LucaThis paper analyzes and provides an alternative reading of several essential terms (gangling, maomu, and shuniu) around which Liu Xie famously articulates his vision on the structure of his Wenxin diaolong. It first examines how these key expressions produce contradictory projections when read non-figuratively; next it revisits their occurrences in earlier texts and proposes, in the case of shuniu, a significantly different reading; finally it explores the intricate intersections and rearrangements the “re-figuring” of these terms leads to. It suggests that respecting a text’s fundamental figurality should be seen as a prerequisite for accurate, nuanced and in-depth investigations. https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/2909Liu XieWenxin diaolongfigureshuniu |
| spellingShingle | Dinu Luca Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong Asian Studies Liu Xie Wenxin diaolong figure shuniu |
| title | Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong |
| title_full | Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong |
| title_fullStr | Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong |
| title_short | Re-figuring Liu Xie’s Carpet: on the Rhetoric of the Wenxin diaolong |
| title_sort | re figuring liu xie s carpet on the rhetoric of the wenxin diaolong |
| topic | Liu Xie Wenxin diaolong figure shuniu |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/2909 |
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