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Article: The Blind Instructing the Sighted: Representations of Music Master Kuang in Early Chinese Texts
Title | The Blind Instructing the Sighted: Representations of Music Master Kuang in Early Chinese Texts |
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Authors | |
Keywords | disability Early Chinese documents music Music Master Kuang statecraft |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | Monumenta Serica, 2018, v. 66, n. 2, p. 253-277 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article examines representations of Music Master Kuang in early Chinese historical and philosophical texts. Music Master Kuang was entirely blind, at a time when people with disabilities suffered serious discrimination. However, in spite of his handicap, he was able not merely to become a fine musician, but also served as a key advisor to two rulers of Jin, Lord Dao (r. 573–558 BCE) and his son, Lord Ping (r. 557–532 BCE), and in some texts is said to have acted as their prime minister. In achieving this transition, he is unique among Music Masters of the period. This article classifies the stories told about him into two main thematic groups, as a musician and as a statesman, to show the way in which music was related to statecraft through the persona of an individual who was both a highly respected government minister and a noted performer on the qin. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/313620 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.154 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Milburn, Olivia | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-23T01:18:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-23T01:18:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Monumenta Serica, 2018, v. 66, n. 2, p. 253-277 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0254-9948 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/313620 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines representations of Music Master Kuang in early Chinese historical and philosophical texts. Music Master Kuang was entirely blind, at a time when people with disabilities suffered serious discrimination. However, in spite of his handicap, he was able not merely to become a fine musician, but also served as a key advisor to two rulers of Jin, Lord Dao (r. 573–558 BCE) and his son, Lord Ping (r. 557–532 BCE), and in some texts is said to have acted as their prime minister. In achieving this transition, he is unique among Music Masters of the period. This article classifies the stories told about him into two main thematic groups, as a musician and as a statesman, to show the way in which music was related to statecraft through the persona of an individual who was both a highly respected government minister and a noted performer on the qin. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Monumenta Serica | - |
dc.subject | disability | - |
dc.subject | Early Chinese documents | - |
dc.subject | music | - |
dc.subject | Music Master Kuang | - |
dc.subject | statecraft | - |
dc.title | The Blind Instructing the Sighted: Representations of Music Master Kuang in Early Chinese Texts | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02549948.2018.1534350 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85058013808 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 66 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 253 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 277 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000457612100001 | - |