Love, hatred, and other passions : questions and themes on emotions in Chinese civilization

Emotion, Language And Literary Texts / Roberto Caterina -- Why Are There Two 'joy-like' 'basic' Emotions In Chinese? : Semantic Theory And Empirical Findings / Zhengdao Ye -- What Does It Mean To Feel 'melancholic' In Imperial China? / Wolfgang Kubin -- Making Sense Of Signs : Emotions In Chinese Medical Texts / Angelika C. Messner -- Xin As The Seat Of Emotions In Confucian Self-cultivation / Andrew H. Plaks -- Basic Emotion Terms In Warring States Texts : Sequences And Patterns / Ulrike Middendorf -- The Meaning Of Qing In Texts From Guodian Tomb No. 1 / Attilio Andreini -- Emotion, Knowledge And The Reconfigured Self In The Tang-song Transition / Curie Virag -- The Product Of Special Mental States Within The Framework Of Sexual Body Techniques -- As Seem In The Mawangdui Medical Corpus / Rodulof Pfister -- Folly (chi) In The Liaozhi Zhiyi / Frances Weightman -- The Remarkable Woman In Pu Songling's Liaozhai Zhiyi : A Theorization Of Qing / Keith Mcmahon -- Elapse Of Time And Seasons In Dongjieyuan Xixiangji / Kin Bunkyo -- Emotion (qing) And Its Expression In Traditional Chinese Narrative And Chinese Lyrics / Jianyu Zhou -- Liangyou Huabao : How To Appeal Readership. Strategies Of Friendliness In A Shanghai Journal Of The Thirties / Stefania Stafutti -- Passion And Personhood In Yingying Zhuan, Xixiang Ji And Jiao Hong Ji / Katherine Carlitz -- Sons And Mothers : The Social Construction Of Filial Piety In Late-imperial China / Maram Epstein -- Ai Versus Xiao : The Expression Of Love In The Novel Jinghua Yuan. A Preliminary Approach / Donatella Guida -- Miss Emotion : Women, Books And Culture In Seventeenth -century Jiangnan / Daria Berg -- Some Remarks On Deviant Love And Violence In Three Modern Chinese Decadent Plays / Marian Galik -- Between Ideology And Rationality : Rage Under The Han / Licia Di Giacinto -- The Avenger's Coldness : On The Emotional Condition Of Revenge As Represented In Pre-modern Chinese Fictional Narrative / Roland Altenburger -- Is Anger A Component Of Despotism? : Discussion On Zhu Yuanzhang's Wrath / Ma Li -- The Language Of Anger And Shame In Juridical Sources : Further Considerations On Women Suicides In 18th Century China / Paola Paderni -- Some Conclusive Remarks On The Examination Of Different Sources : The Analysis Of Non-literary Documents (moralistic And Judicial Materials) / Paolo Santangelo. Edited By Paolo Santangelo, With Donatella Guida. Includes Bibliographical References. This volume aims at starting a debate on functions, role and relevance of states of mind in Chinese History and civilization. It focuses on an anthropological aspect of human experience, the affective world, as it is represented and evaluated in the various sources. A number of well-known specialists, ranging from the philosophical basic concepts to some fundamental questions about terminology, analyze literary, historical and judicial materials: this collection of essays presents different opinions, experiences and perspectives on the understanding of emotional and mental states in Chinese civilization, as well as about the difficulties met on the topic. A fascinating and useful reading for all those who are interested in humanities and in the history of mentality