Author

Publication

1998 - University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

87,500 words, Guess

Page Count

350 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL686981M
  • ISBN-101570032165
  • OCLC Control Number37761823
  • Library of Congress Control Number97033916
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  • LibraryThing7522307

Classifications

  • DDC808/.04951
  • LCCPL1271 .L84 1998

Description

In Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century B.C.E., Xing Lu examines language art, persuasion, and argumentation in ancient China and offers a detailed and authentic account of ancient Chinese rhetorical theories and practices in the society's philosophical, political, cultural, and linguistic contexts. She focuses on the works of ten well-known Chinese thinkers from Confucius to Han Feizi as well as on the Later Mohists, a group that represents five schools of thought - Mingjia, Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism. Lu identifies seven key Chinese terms pertaining to speech, language, persuasion, and argumentation as they appeared in these original texts, selecting ming bian as the linchpin for the Chinese conceptual term of rhetorical studies.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Studies in rhetoric/communication

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