Self-Display and Farewell Counsel: The Occasional Preface in the Early and High Tang

• Published in: Tʻang studies Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
• Main Author: Miao, Xiaojing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Albany Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
• Subjects: Asian literature; Chinese literature; Genre; Literary history; Poetry; Shi Chong; Wang Bo

In traditional Chinese literature, prefaces (xu 序) were written not just for books but also for works produced at various social occasions, as well as for sets of poems composed by a group on particular occasions: the "occasional preface." The occasional preface, known from earlier times,...