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Article: Realizing the “Outwardly Regal” Vision in the Midst of Political Inactivity: A Study of the Epistolary Networks of Li Gang 李綱 (1083–1140) and Sun Di 孫覿 (1081–1169)
Title | Realizing the “Outwardly Regal” Vision in the Midst of Political Inactivity: A Study of the Epistolary Networks of Li Gang 李綱 (1083–1140) and Sun Di 孫覿 (1081–1169) |
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Keywords | epistolary network Li Gang Southern Song Sun Di “outwardly regal” |
Issue Date | 14-Mar-2023 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Citation | Religions, 2023, v. 14, n. 3 How to Cite? |
Abstract | How did politically inactive members of the Song literati attempt to realize the Confucian “outwardly regal” vision by putting their political ideal into practice? To what extent did their social networks play a role in this process? This paper aims to examine these questions via a comprehensive investigation of the writings of two prominent political and literary figures who experienced the Northern–Southern Song transition, Sun Di 孫覿 (1081–1169) and Li Gang 李綱 (1083–1140). A close examination of the letters written to senior court officials by these figures during their periods of political inactivity reveals not only these writers’ political agendas but also their attempts to exert influence in the political arena—a manifestation of the “outwardly regal” notion—via their epistolary networks. Despite the fact that Li has been highly praised while Sun has been widely condemned by posterity, the two men employed similar strategies to curry favor with senior court officials, who turned out to be potential patrons and facilitated the subsequent political rehabilitations of these two men. Sun Di’s and Li Gang’s eagerness to resume public service indicates the opportunistic motives underlying their epistolary exchanges and the ungenuine claims of disinterest in the politics expressed therein. Such claims, I would argue, are rhetorical conventions that the two men employed to present themselves as virtuous Confucian gentlemen who continued to cultivate “a sage inside” even when they lacked the opportunity to exercise the “outwardly regal” vision. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330962 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.368 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chu, Ming Kin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-21T06:51:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-21T06:51:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-03-14 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Religions, 2023, v. 14, n. 3 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-1444 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330962 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>How did politically inactive members of the Song literati attempt to realize the Confucian “outwardly regal” vision by putting their political ideal into practice? To what extent did their social networks play a role in this process? This paper aims to examine these questions via a comprehensive investigation of the writings of two prominent political and literary figures who experienced the Northern–Southern Song transition, Sun Di 孫覿 (1081–1169) and Li Gang 李綱 (1083–1140). A close examination of the letters written to senior court officials by these figures during their periods of political inactivity reveals not only these writers’ political agendas but also their attempts to exert influence in the political arena—a manifestation of the “outwardly regal” notion—via their epistolary networks. Despite the fact that Li has been highly praised while Sun has been widely condemned by posterity, the two men employed similar strategies to curry favor with senior court officials, who turned out to be potential patrons and facilitated the subsequent political rehabilitations of these two men. Sun Di’s and Li Gang’s eagerness to resume public service indicates the opportunistic motives underlying their epistolary exchanges and the ungenuine claims of disinterest in the politics expressed therein. Such claims, I would argue, are rhetorical conventions that the two men employed to present themselves as virtuous Confucian gentlemen who continued to cultivate “a sage inside” even when they lacked the opportunity to exercise the “outwardly regal” vision.<br></p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Religions | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | epistolary network | - |
dc.subject | Li Gang | - |
dc.subject | Southern Song | - |
dc.subject | Sun Di | - |
dc.subject | “outwardly regal” | - |
dc.title | Realizing the “Outwardly Regal” Vision in the Midst of Political Inactivity: A Study of the Epistolary Networks of Li Gang 李綱 (1083–1140) and Sun Di 孫覿 (1081–1169) | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/rel14030389 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85150959435 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2077-1444 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000960576500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2077-1444 | - |