by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Member Publications
WEN TONG (1019-1079) is considered the supreme master of bamboo painting in the history of Chinese art. According to his friend and admirer, Su Shi (Dongpo), the greatest poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), “When Wen Tong painted bamboo, he himself became...
by admin | Apr 2, 2016 | Member Publications
Please click here to read a new article on English translation of East Asian poems. This beautiful essay on sleeplessness in East Asian poetry is written by our forum member, Professor Jonathan Chaves....
by admin | May 27, 2015 | Member Publications
《汉魏晋五言诗的演变——四种诗歌模式与自我呈现》 蔡宗齐 著,陈婧 译 本书是The Matrix of Lyric Transformation: Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry (Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997) 的中译本,收入北京大学出版社中国古代文体学研究丛书第四辑。...
by admin | May 19, 2015 | Member Publications
Politics, Poetics, and Gender in Late Qing China: Xue Shaohui and the Era of Reform by Nanxiu Qian In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China’s...
by admin | May 19, 2015 | Member Publications
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China by Manling Luo Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories...
by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Member Publications
In The Lyrical in Epic Time: Modern Chinese Intellectuals and Artists Through the 1949 Crisis, David Der-wei Wang uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China’s social and political...