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Singing of the Source: Nature and God in the Poetry of the Chinese Painter Wu Li (SHAPS Library of Translations) Hardcover – 31 Dec. 1993

by Jonathan Chaves (Author)
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Wu Li (1632-1718) was one of the orthodox masters of early Ching dynasty painting, but his reputation as a painter, even in his own life-time, obscured his achievement as a poet. His real originality, however, lies in the unprecedented boldness of his experimental creation: a Chinese Christian poetry, utterly traditional in its use of shih and chu forms and such devices as parallelism and allusion, while equally unconventional in being based on orthodox Christian theology.
The conversion experience that led Wu Li to become a member of the Jesuit society, and eventually to be ordained as one of the first Chinese Catholic priests, is explored in Singing of the Source in the context of widespread intellectual and spiritual ferment in the early Ching. Jonathan Chaves elucidates events that would lead a Chinese scholar deeply immersed in Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism to take the enormous leap to Christianity and then be inspired to compose Christian poetry in classical Chinese forms.
This work will be of interest to scholars of Chinese literature and art history as well as readers in Chinese intellectual and religious history.
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  1. Print length
    226 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Hawai'i Press
  4. Publication date
    31 Dec. 1993
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0824814851
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0824814854
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Jonathan Chaves is professor of Chinese at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Hawai'i Press (31 Dec. 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0824814851
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0824814854
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
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