Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century B.C.E: A Comparison With Classical Greek Rhetoric (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication) - Softcover

Lu, Xing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611170532 ISBN 13: 9781611170535

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2011

Synopsis

Xing Lu examines language, art, persuasion, and argumentation in ancient China and offers a detailed and authentic account of ancient Chinese rhetorical theories and practices within the society's philosophical, political, cultural, and linguistic contexts. She focuses on the works of five schools of thought and ten well-known Chinese thinkers from Confucius to Han Feizi to the the Later Mohists.

Lu compares Chinese rhetorical perspectives with those of the ancient Greeks, illustrating that the Greeks and the Chinese shared a view of rhetoric as an ethical enterprise and of speech as a rational and psychological activity. The two traditions differed, however, in their rhetorical education, sense of rationality, perceptions of the role of language, approach to the treatment and study of rhetoric, and expression of emotions. Lu also links ancient Chinese rhetorical perspectives with contemporary Chinese interpersonal and political communication behavior and offers suggestions for a multicultural rhetoric that recognizes both culturally specific and transcultural elements of human communication.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A thorough exploration of the Chinese rhetorical tradition

About the Author:

Xing Lu is a professor in the College of Communication at DePaul University and the author of Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1611170532
• ISBN 13: 9781611170535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350