The resurrected skeleton : from Zhuangzi to Lu Xun /

The Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (369?286 B.C.E.) encountered a skull that later in a dream praises the pleasures of death over the toil of living. This anecdote became popular with poets in the second and third centuries and found renewed significance with the founders of Quanzhen Daoism. These phi...

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Main Author:	Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:	Translations from the Asian classics.
Subjects:	Chinese literature > History and criticism. Resurrection in literature. Zhuangzi > In literature. Zhuangzi. Chinese literature. Literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book