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gsgoes,andthereshouldbeaentrunningso
justlyandperfeatterherhe
king,therefore,beesafigurehead,asinthedenstitutionalgovent
theenglishpeoplehaveakingtolayfoundationstonesandchristenshipsandblight
people,butitisentirelyuniortanttothenationhertheyhaveagoodorbad
king,anintelligentkingoraparativelydiocrekingthesystehouldrunof
itselfthatinessennceingtheking,as
interpretedbyhanfeitseandpractisedalsohgreatsuccessinengland
itisaqueerironyoffatethatthegoodoldschoolteachefuciusshouldeverbe
oralllyddlestuffshouldeverbe
honouredeofa”politientbyvirtue
andbybenevolentrulersissofantastiore
oneghtjustasotortraffinbroadrustingtothedrivers
spontaneousurtesy,insteadofbyasystefredandgreenlightsandanythinking
studentofentdla
nfuoralizinghasalostrrupt
theorerrupt
thaneonestheplain,inexorablepoliticalandhistoricaltruthisthatwhenyou
treatoffiuouttobecrooks;butreat
theikecrooks,hprisonsandthreatsofprisons,astheydointhe,
nsiderablylessthanoenthsu
succeedinpretendingthattheyaregentlenasaresult,youhaveatleastthe
selanentthatselanceishhavingthatis
chinashouldhavedonelongago,andthatsesadvicethousandyears
ago,beforeheadetoquaffpoison
chapterseven
literarylife
iadistinction
thechinesekeadistinctionbeteraturethatinstructsandliteraturethat
pleases,orliteraturethatis”thevehicleoftruth”andliteraturethatis”theexpression
ofetionthedistinerisobjectiveandexpository,
erisofgreater
valuethanthelatter,beindsandupliftssocietys
ralsfrohispointofvieasas”littlearts,
unhytoenterthehallofgreatliterature”theonlyexceptionispoetry,h
theynotonlydonotdespisebutoreintensivelyandgenerally
thanintheatteroffareadnovelsanddrasonthesly,
andtheofficialesonlyofbenevolenceandrighteousnessinhisessayswill
befound,inprivatenversations,tobequitefaliarhtheheroesandheroinesof
,thepoographiovelparexcellence,orofpinhua
paoosexualnovel
thereasonforthisisnotfartoseekthe”literaturethatinstructs35isonthewholeof
suchlooralplatitudesandnaivereasoning,andthe
speofideasissoheedinbythefearofheresy,thattheonlychineseliterature
thatisreadableisliteratureintheasand
poetry,ie,literatureoftheiginationratherthanliteratureofideasscholarswho
istsenknoo
handleasickleeaboutagriculture,andpoliticiansengineerse
about”aplanforhuanghonservancy”anextrelypopulartopic,
inthesphereofideasthescholarsuing
sorsaultsinthenfucianschoolandlookingforheurtsofthe
nfudenounreadevendaredto
playtantishandtheir
vegetarianisalfheartedthefearofheresyhungovertheirheadsliketheswordof
daeanthefearoforiginalityliterature
aneityhtheclassicaltraditionofideas
the”freeplayofthend”elylitedinspe,andthe”sorsaultsin
thenfucianschool,”hoightbe,ersaults
hinthenfucianprecincts
afterall,anationofscholarsuldnotdiscussbenevolenceandrighteousnessfortwo
thousandfivehundredyearsselvesactually,anessayh
perialexanations,oplain
english,aggerenglishreadersbyitspuerilityandchildishnessthegigantic
literaryfeatproducedbythegiganticbrainpopressionofthe
anticsofafleacircusaeruldthereforebeoriginalonlyinthesphereofnovels
anddras,fortablyoneself,andaginationuldbe
creative
asatteroffact,allliteraturethatisans
soul,islyricalinoriginthisistrueevenintheliteratureofideas:onlyideasthat
estraightfroansheartadethispointclearas
farbackas1795inhisnjecturesenoriginalpositionchinshengtan,a
distinguishedcritiftheseventeenthcentury,saidrepeatedlyinhisletters:”is
poetrybutavoiceoftheheartitcanbefoundinensandchildrenshearts,and
itestoyoubyingandbynight”theoriginofliteratureisreallyassile
asthat,inspiteofalltherhetoricalandpositionaltechniquethatprofessorsoi
literaturetrytoencuerithchinshengtanalsosays;”theancientpeoplewere
notpelledtosayanything,bu1theysuddenlysaidsothingpurelyoftheirown
aetisofevents,andsotisoftheirownfeelings,and
havingfinishedtheyhadtosay,theytookleaveand
... </P></TD>
gsgoes,andthereshouldbeaentrunningso
justlyandperfeatterherhe
king,therefore,beesafigurehead,asinthedenstitutionalgovent
theenglishpeoplehaveakingtolayfoundationstonesandchristenshipsandblight
people,butitisentirelyuniortanttothenationhertheyhaveagoodorbad
king,anintelligentkingoraparativelydiocrekingthesystehouldrunof
itselfthatinessennceingtheking,as
interpretedbyhanfeitseandpractisedalsohgreatsuccessinengland
itisaqueerironyoffatethatthegoodoldschoolteachefuciusshouldeverbe
oralllyddlestuffshouldeverbe
honouredeofa”politientbyvirtue
andbybenevolentrulersissofantastiore
oneghtjustasotortraffinbroadrustingtothedrivers
spontaneousurtesy,insteadofbyasystefredandgreenlightsandanythinking
studentofentdla
nfuoralizinghasalostrrupt
theorerrupt
thaneonestheplain,inexorablepoliticalandhistoricaltruthisthatwhenyou
treatoffiuouttobecrooks;butreat
theikecrooks,hprisonsandthreatsofprisons,astheydointhe,
nsiderablylessthanoenthsu
succeedinpretendingthattheyaregentlenasaresult,youhaveatleastthe
selanentthatselanceishhavingthatis
chinashouldhavedonelongago,andthatsesadvicethousandyears
ago,beforeheadetoquaffpoison
chapterseven
literarylife
iadistinction
thechinesekeadistinctionbeteraturethatinstructsandliteraturethat
pleases,orliteraturethatis”thevehicleoftruth”andliteraturethatis”theexpression
ofetionthedistinerisobjectiveandexpository,
erisofgreater
valuethanthelatter,beindsandupliftssocietys
ralsfrohispointofvieasas”littlearts,
unhytoenterthehallofgreatliterature”theonlyexceptionispoetry,h
theynotonlydonotdespisebutoreintensivelyandgenerally
thanintheatteroffareadnovelsanddrasonthesly,
andtheofficialesonlyofbenevolenceandrighteousnessinhisessayswill
befound,inprivatenversations,tobequitefaliarhtheheroesandheroinesof
,thepoographiovelparexcellence,orofpinhua
paoosexualnovel
thereasonforthisisnotfartoseekthe”literaturethatinstructs35isonthewholeof
suchlooralplatitudesandnaivereasoning,andthe
speofideasissoheedinbythefearofheresy,thattheonlychineseliterature
thatisreadableisliteratureintheasand
poetry,ie,literatureoftheiginationratherthanliteratureofideasscholarswho
istsenknoo
handleasickleeaboutagriculture,andpoliticiansengineerse
about”aplanforhuanghonservancy”anextrelypopulartopic,
inthesphereofideasthescholarsuing
sorsaultsinthenfucianschoolandlookingforheurtsofthe
nfudenounreadevendaredto
playtantishandtheir
vegetarianisalfheartedthefearofheresyhungovertheirheadsliketheswordof
daeanthefearoforiginalityliterature
aneityhtheclassicaltraditionofideas
the”freeplayofthend”elylitedinspe,andthe”sorsaultsin
thenfucianschool,”hoightbe,ersaults
hinthenfucianprecincts
afterall,anationofscholarsuldnotdiscussbenevolenceandrighteousnessfortwo
thousandfivehundredyearsselvesactually,anessayh
perialexanations,oplain
english,aggerenglishreadersbyitspuerilityandchildishnessthegigantic
literaryfeatproducedbythegiganticbrainpopressionofthe
anticsofafleacircusaeruldthereforebeoriginalonlyinthesphereofnovels
anddras,fortablyoneself,andaginationuldbe
creative
asatteroffact,allliteraturethatisans
soul,islyricalinoriginthisistrueevenintheliteratureofideas:onlyideasthat
estraightfroansheartadethispointclearas
farbackas1795inhisnjecturesenoriginalpositionchinshengtan,a
distinguishedcritiftheseventeenthcentury,saidrepeatedlyinhisletters:”is
poetrybutavoiceoftheheartitcanbefoundinensandchildrenshearts,and
itestoyoubyingandbynight”theoriginofliteratureisreallyassile
asthat,inspiteofalltherhetoricalandpositionaltechniquethatprofessorsoi
literaturetrytoencuerithchinshengtanalsosays;”theancientpeoplewere
notpelledtosayanything,bu1theysuddenlysaidsothingpurelyoftheirown
aetisofevents,andsotisoftheirownfeelings,and
havingfinishedtheyhadtosay,theytookleaveand
... </P></TD>