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Mather, Richard Burroughs was born on November 11, 1913 in Baoding, Hebei, China. Son of William Arnot and Grace (Burroughs) Mather.
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The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis
( This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a state...)
This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a statesman, historian, poet, and devout lay defender of both Buddhism and Taoism. His active career spanned three successive dynasties (Liu-Sung, Nan-Ch'i, and Liang), whose capitals were located in the lower Yangtze city of Chien-k'ang (modern Nanking). The title "Reticient Marquis" (Yin-hou) was awarded him posthumously by the Liang Emperor Wu, who, though owing his own rise to power partly to Shen's bold counsel, had found him less than forthcoming from that point onward. Shen was indeed very reserved, and continually tortured by the conflicting claims of his ascetic Buddhist ideals and his love for luxury, his chameleon-like ability to preserve his influence through three regimes, and his high social and political status. Richard B. Mather provides the first full description in a Western language of Shen's life and thought and supplies numerous translations of his surviving letters, memorials, poems, and essays. Because Shen was often in the center of controversy over matters of social, literary, and religious significance, his life may be read as an embodiment of some of the major issues and developments in the south during China's early middle ages. Professor Mather deals successively with all aspects of his life--his role as historian, courtier, poet, Taoist hermit, and Buddhist.
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The Age of Eternal Brilliance: Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) (Sinica Leidensia)
(This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYu...)
This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYueh, Hsieh T'iao, and Wang Jung, i.e. the full original texts, Professor Richard Mather's full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who all had such a profound impact on succeeding centuries.The reader will here find first-hand reactions and ruminations by highly sensitive and articulate participants in the tumultuous events and intellectual currents of an age that was definitely more than just a chaotic transition between the Han and the T'ang dynasties."
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Richard Burroughs Mather
Edit ProfileChinese language and literature educator
Richard Burroughs Mather, Chinese language and literature educator. Achievements include research in medieval Chinese literature and religion. Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957; Fulbright Hays grantee, 1956-1957, 63-64; American Council Learned Societies grantee, 1963-1964. Member American Oriental Society (president 1980-1981), Association Asian Studies.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1935; Bachelor of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy in Oriental Langs, University of California, Berkeley, 1949.
Career
Ordained to ministry, United Presbyterian Church United States, 1939; pastor, Belle Haven (Virginia) Presbyterian Church, 1939-1941; assistant professor, Chinese University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1949-1957; associate professor, Chinese University of Minnesota, 1957-1964; professor, Chinese University of Minnesota, 1964-1984. Member American Council Learned Socs. Committee on Study of Chinese Civilization,1979-1981.
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The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis
( This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a state...)
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The Age of Eternal Brilliance: Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) (Sinica Leidensia)
(This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYu...)
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The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis
Membership
Member American Oriental Society (president 1980-1981), Association Asian Studies, Chinese Language Teachers Association.
Connections
Married Virginia Marjorie Temple, June 3, 1939. 1 daughter, Elizabeth Temple.
Education
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1935
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1939
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1949
Career
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1939
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1939 - 1941
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1949 - 1957