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Ancient History in Classical Chinese Poetry: The Case of a Ming Poetic Anthology (14th to 17th cent.)
 
PIIS032103910008029-4-1
DOI10.31857/S032103910008029-4
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Ilya Smirnov 
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameVestnik drevnei istorii
Edition
Pages958-973
Abstract

The article discusses the changes undergone by historical themes and heroes of ancient Chinese history in the poetic texts of the Ming period (14th to 17th centuries) collected by the noted anthologist Shen De-qian (1637–1769) in his Ming shi be cai (Ming poetry in irregular selection). In later verse, poets increasingly tend to abandon the simple historical analogy – which was typical of the earlier poetic tradition – in favor of symbolic game based on the age-old typification of historical figures: the “hero,” the “villain,” the “avenger.” In doing so, they diverge from the typical historical narrative with its attention to subtle detail and gradation of moral assessments. Our hypothesis is that, for lack of a consistent mythology and a full-fledged epic tradition in China, historical figures eventually begin to perform the function of the heroes of myths and epic narratives, supplanting them with time, whereas the historical narrative – e.g., the Historical Records (Shi ji) by Ssu-ma Qian (ca. 145–85 B.C.) – becomes, in a manner of speaking, a source of quasi-mythological or pseudo-epic subject matter.

KeywordsChina, ancient history, the Ming period, poetry, historical narrative, mythology, epic tradition
Received25.12.2019
Publication date25.12.2019
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