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Hardcover Dialogues in the Dark: Interpreting "Heavenly Questions" Across Two Millennia Book
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ISBN: 067429999X

ISBN13: 9780674299993

Dialogues in the Dark: Interpreting "Heavenly Questions" Across Two Millennia

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Dialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem "Heavenly Questions" (Tianwen), an enigmatic work attributed to Qu Yuan (fl. ca. 300 BCE). The poem, composed entirely in the form of questions, is an extended inquiry into early Chinese cosmology and history. Over centuries, readers of the poem came to radically different understandings, each providing a unique perspective...

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Releases Jul 22, 2025
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