Dialogues in the dark: interpreting “heavenly questions†across two millennia
Auteur :
Williams, Nicholas Morrow
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674299993
Date de publication :
26 août 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Dialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem “Heavenly Questions†(Tianwen), an enigmatic work attributed to Qu Yuan (fl. ca. 300 BCE). Nicholas Morrow Williams analyzes how the poem’s meaning evolved in different time periods and provides three new translations.