A General Survey of Song-Poetry (Sanqu) of Yuan China (1260-1368) /

A General Survey of Song-Poetry (Sanqu) of Yuan China (1260-1368) /

This book provides a survey of Yuan sanqu , with its principal sections focusing on fundamental theories, compositional features, and historical evolution. Its treatment of qu criticism and bibliography offers a comprehensive perspective on the defining characteristics of sanqu . Serving both as a g...

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Main Authors: Yishan, Zhao (Author), Rui, Zhou (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Brill's Humanities in China Library ; 19.

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Table of Contents:
  • Sanqu Studies in Cross-Cultural Perspectives: a Foreword
  • Translator's Acknowledgement
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Formation of Northern Qu -Genre
  • 1.1 The Notion of Formation of Northern Qu during Late Imperial China
  • 1.2 The Formation of Song-Music of Northern Qu
  • 1.3 The Formation of Literary Style of Northern Qu
  • 1.4 The Critical Turn of Ci -Lyrics to Qu and Customisation of Northern Qu System
  • 2 The Tune Patterns and Musical Modes of Northern Qu
  • 2.1 The Musical Modes
  • 2.2 The Tune Patterns
  • 3 The Generic Forms of Yuan Song-Poetry ( Sanqu )
  • 3.1 The Historical Evolution of the Title Names of Yuan Sanqu
  • 3.2 The Single-Stanza Songs ( Xiaoling )
  • 3.3 The Binary Form Songs ( Daiguoqu )
  • 3.4 The Song Suite Songs ( Taoshu )
  • 3.5 The Song Suites in Northern and Southern Joint Style
  • 4 The Stylistic Features of Yuan Sanqu
  • 4.1 The "Padding Words" of Yuan Sanqu
  • 4.2 The Language of Yuan Sanqu
  • 4.3 The Rhymes of Yuan Sanqu
  • 4.4 The Antithesis and Reiteration of Yuan Sanqu
  • 4.5 "Bravo" ( Wutou )
  • 5 Yuan Sanqu and Yuan Zaju
  • 5.1 The Chronological Sequence of Sanqu and Juqu
  • 5.2 The Influence of Sanqu on Northern Zaju
  • 5.3 The Influence of Zaju on Sanqu
  • 6 The Details on Yuan Sanqu Writers and Their Communal Features
  • 6.1 The Officials
  • 6.2 The Non-officialdom Talented Scholars
  • 6.3 The Non-Han Ethnic-Minority Writers
  • 6.4 The Singsong Girls
  • 7 The Evolving Stage of Yuan Sanqu
  • 7.1 The Status of Qu Communities and Compositional Characteristics of Sanqu
  • 7.2 The Composition of Representative Qu Writers in the Evolving Stage
  • 8 The Flourishing Stage of Yuan Sanqu
  • 8.1 The Overview of Sanqu Composition in the Flourishing Stage
  • 8.2 Three Masters
  • 8.3 The Other Representative Qu -Writers
  • 9 The Peaking Stage of Yuan Sanqu
  • 9.1 The Overview of Composition of Sanqu and Styles of Schools
  • 9.2 The Representative Qu-Writers of the Heroic Haofang School
  • 9.3 The Other Qu-Writers of the Heroic Haofang School
  • 9.4 The Representative Qu-Writers of the Elegant Qingli School
  • 9.5 The Other Qu-Writers of the Elegant Qingli School
  • 10 The Declining Stage of Yuan Sanqu
  • 10.1 The Outline of Composition of Sanqu
  • 10.2 The Representative Qu -Writers
  • 11 Qu Criticism in Yuan China
  • 11.1 On Aria-Singing
  • 11.2 On Song-Composing
  • 11.3 On Origins
  • 11.4 On Styles
  • 12 Bibliography of Studies on Yuan Sanqu
  • 12.1 The Corpus of Song-Poetry
  • 12.2 The Criticism of Song-Poetry
  • 12.3 Formularies of Qu
  • Reference Matter
  • Index.