The Career of Yang Kuei-Fei
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13823501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard S Levy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 451-489 |
| Publication date | 1957-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | T oung Pao (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0082-5433 • E-ISSN: 1568-5322 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156853257x00080 |
| OpenAlex | W2059457084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
THE CAREER OF YANG KUEI-FEI BY HOWARD S. LEVY A. INTRODUCTION Yang Kuci-fei died more than twelve hundred years ago, but her memory has been perpetuated by the composers of Chinese literature and drama. She achieved her fame not because she was a paragon of virtue but rather because she typified the epitome of sensuous beauty, a beauty so devastating in its appeal to an em- peror that it shook thc T'ang dynasty to its foundations. She was the consort of an imperial bohemian who used to select his sleeping partners in the harem through games of chance, and who
Aesthetics · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Beauty · China · Drama · Epitome · Literature · Political science · Theology · Virtue · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |