Jonathan Chaves’s New Book

Jonathan Chaves’s New Book

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...
Zong-qi Cai’s New Book (Chinese Language)

Zong-qi Cai’s New Book (Chinese Language)

《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。...
Nanxiu Qian’s New Book

Nanxiu Qian’s New Book

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...
Manling Luo’s New Book

Manling Luo’s New Book

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...
David Der-wei Wang’s New Book

David Der-wei Wang’s New Book

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...