‘Letter to Yang Dezu’ – Epistolary Essay by Cao Zhi about Literature

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Keywords: Chinese literature; Jian’an literature; prosaic message; rhetoric; motive

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Stroganova N.A. ‘Letter to Yang Dezu’ – Epistolary Essay by Cao Zhi about Literature. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2019. N 3, p.135–148

Stroganova N.A. (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Abstract

The article examines Cao Zhi’s ‘Letter to Yang Dezu’ as a work of early Chinese epistolary prose. It considers the letter’s reflections on literature, thematic range, rhetorical strategies and value as a historical document.