Open AccessThe Discourse of Loss in Song Dynasty Private and Imperial Book Collecting
Author(s) -
Hilde De Weerdt
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
library trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1559-0682
pISSN - 0024-2594
DOI - 10.1353/lib.2007.0005
Subject(s) - china , history of china , period (music) , history , law , political science , art , aesthetics
This article investigates the discourse of loss during the period between the pillaging of the Song Dynasty imperial libraries and the dispersal of private collections in north China in the late 1120s and the rebuilding of the Imperial Library and private collections through the 1140s. It contrasts the different strategies taken by the court and private collectors in managing loss, in developing acquisitions, and in remembering war and peace through collecting.
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