{"product_id":"9789629965853","title":"The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHsieh, Liu; Yu-chung Shih, Vincent; Yu-chung Shih, Vincent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNew York Review Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is the first  comprehensive work of literary criticism in Chinese, and one that has  been considered essential reading for writers and scholars since it was  written some 1,500 years ago. A vast compendium of all that was known  about Chinese literature at the time, it is simultaneously a taxonomy  and history of genres and styles and a manual for good writing. Its  chapters, organized according to the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, cover such topics  as “Choice of Style,” “Emotion and Literary Expression,” “Humor and  Enigma,” “Spiritual Thought or Imagination,” “The Nourishing of  Vitality,” and “Literary Flaws.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mind” is the ideas,  impressions, and emotions that take form—the “carving of the dragon”—in a  literary work. Full of examples and delightful anecdotes drawn from Liu  Hsieh’s encyclopedic knowledge of Chinese literature, readers will discover distinctive  concepts and standards of the art of writing that are both alien and  familiar.\u003ci\u003e The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is  not only a summa of classical Chinese literary aesthetics but also a  wellspring of advice from the distant past on how to write.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374886289663,"sku":"9789629965853","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9789629965853_s600x595.jpg?v=1775601342","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9789629965853","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}