This was a school of literary creation in the late Ming Dynasty represented by Zhong Xing (1574-1624) and Tan Yuanchun (1586-1637), who were both natives of Jingling (today’s Tianmen, Hubei Province). It was also known as the Zhong-Tan School. Like members of the Gong’an School of Literary Writing, the Jingling School valued the showing of a write…
This term means that the description and language used in poetry should be direct and straight forward rather than implied. Here, zhi (致) means reaching to something. The origin of this term may be traced to the concept of direct search first proposed by Zhong Rong (?-518?) of the Southern Dynasties. He disapproved of the excessive use of allegor…
Think in terms of self-interest. This concept was proposed by the Daoists and the Legalists during the Warring States Period. Scholars of both schools felt that people’s words and deeds are always based on considerations of their own interests, and that they always try to gain advantages and avoid harm. Ideas that appear to be for the sake of other…
The purposes of the Project are to select the concepts in Chinese culture and thought that reflect the characteristics of the country's traditional culture and the Chinese people's way of thinking, and that embody the core values of China.
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