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Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry, 1150-1650
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Chapter 3 SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300 The Fall of the Southern Sung While North China was falling victim to Mongol advances in the early thirteenth century, to the south the Southern Sung remained untouched. The dynasty's capital of Hangchow prospered and, along with it, the poetry of its urban populace. A prevailing ignorance of outside affairs bred a kind of indifference and seems even to have helped bring about a flourishing of towns­man literature.1 During the reign of Ogodei-qan (r. 1229-1241), son of Chinggis-qan (Genghis Khan) and second in the ruling line, Mon­gol cavalry were occasionally spotted along Southern Sung bor­ders. However, events were soon to remove the Mongols and their threat from the minds of southerners. First, Ogodei suddenly redoubled his determination to conquer to the west rather than to the south. Also, after his death in 1241, the internal unity of the Mongols weakened. 1 The circumstances are similar to those in Japan during the late Edo period: abroad, the West was making serious incursions into India and China, while at home, much the same sort of situation and attitude prevailed as during the later years of the Southern Sung.

Chapter 3 SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300 The Fall of the Southern Sung While North China was falling victim to Mongol advances in the early thirteenth century, to the south the Southern Sung remained untouched. The dynasty's capital of Hangchow prospered and, along with it, the poetry of its urban populace. A prevailing ignorance of outside affairs bred a kind of indifference and seems even to have helped bring about a flourishing of towns­man literature.1 During the reign of Ogodei-qan (r. 1229-1241), son of Chinggis-qan (Genghis Khan) and second in the ruling line, Mon­gol cavalry were occasionally spotted along Southern Sung bor­ders. However, events were soon to remove the Mongols and their threat from the minds of southerners. First, Ogodei suddenly redoubled his determination to conquer to the west rather than to the south. Also, after his death in 1241, the internal unity of the Mongols weakened. 1 The circumstances are similar to those in Japan during the late Edo period: abroad, the West was making serious incursions into India and China, while at home, much the same sort of situation and attitude prevailed as during the later years of the Southern Sung.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Translator's Preface xi
  5. Introduction 3
  6. Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES 8
  7. Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250 15
  8. Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300 44
  9. Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350 76
  10. Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400 102
  11. Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500 121
  12. Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600 137
  13. Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650 177
  14. Afterword 191
  15. Index 197
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Translator's Preface xi
  5. Introduction 3
  6. Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES 8
  7. Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250 15
  8. Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300 44
  9. Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350 76
  10. Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400 102
  11. Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500 121
  12. Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600 137
  13. Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650 177
  14. Afterword 191
  15. Index 197
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