Aspects of Authority in Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West

Authors

Roberta Adams, Roger Williams UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2006

Comments

Published by SUNY Press.

Abstract

This volume examines the values that have historically guided the negotiation of identity, both practical and ideal, in Chinese Confucian culture, considers how these values play into the conception and exercise of authority, and assesses their contemporary relevance in a rapidly globalizing world. Included are essays that explore the rule of ritual in classical Confucian political discourse; parental authority in early medieval tales; authority in writings on women; authority in the great and long-beloved folk novel of China Journey to the West; and the anti-Confucianism of Lu Xun, the twentieth-century writer and reformer. By examining authority in cultural context, these essays shed considerable light on the continuities and contentions underlying the vibrancy of Chinese culture.

Recommended Citation

Adams, R. (2006). “Aspects of Authority in Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West. In: Confucian Cultures of Authority.Hershock, edited by Peter Hershock and Roger Ames. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.