A decolonial reading of Han Dynasty rhetoric reveals the logics and
networks that governed early imperial China. In Genre Networks and
Empire, Xiaoye You integrates a decolonial and transnational
approach to construct a rhetorical history of early imperial China.
You centers ancient Chinese rhetoric by focusing on how an imperial
matrix of power was established in the Han Dynasty through genres
of rhetoric and their embodied circulation, and through epistemic
constructs such as the Way, heaven, ritual, and yin-yang. Through
the concept of genre networks, derived from both ancient Chinese
and Western scholarship, You unlocks the mechanisms of early
Chinese imperial bureaucracy and maps their far-reaching influence.
He considers the communication of governance, political issues,
court consultations, and the regulation of the inner quarters of
empire. He closely reads debates among government officials,
providing insight into their efforts to govern and legitimize the
regime and their embodiment of different schools of thought. Genre
Networks and Empire embraces a variety of rhetorical forms, from
edicts, exam essays, and commentaries to instruction manuals and
memorials. It captures a range of literary styles serving the
rhetorical purposes of praise and criticism. In the context of
court documentation, these genre networks reflect systems of words
in motion, mediated governmental decisions and acts, and forms of
governmental logic, strategy, and reason. A committed work of
decolonial scholarship, Genre Networks and Empire shows, through
Chinese words and writing, how the ruling elites of Han China
forged a linguistic matrix of power, a book that bears implications
for studies of rhetoric and empire in general.
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