The Liang dynasty (502-557) is one of the most brilliant and
creative periods in Chinese history and one of the most
underestimated and misunderstood. Under the Liang, literary
activities, such as writing, editing, anthologizing, and
cataloguing, were pursued on an unprecedented scale, yet the works
of this era are often dismissed as "decadent" and no more than a
shallow prelude to the glories of the Tang.
This book is devoted to contextualizing the literary culture of
this era--not only the literary works themselves but also the
physical process of literary production such as the copying and
transmitting of texts; activities such as book collecting,
anthologizing, cataloguing, and various forms of literary
scholarship; and the intricate interaction of religion,
particularly Buddhism, and literature. Its aim is to explore the
impact of social and political structure on the literary world.
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