Zibuyu What The Master Would Not Discuss According To Yuan Mei 1716 1798 A Collection Of Supernatural Stories 2 Vols

Author : Paolo Santangelo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004216280

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Zibuyu, “What The Master Would Not Discuss”, according to Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798): A Collection of Supernatural Stories (2 vols) by Paolo Santangelo Pdf

Although the preface says that the tales in this collection of supernatural stories should not be taken seriously and just aim to dispel boredom, Zibuyu is a work with different reading levels, which allows to uncover several deep trends, taboos and fantasies of late imperial intellectual circles. Disgust, surprise and laughter are constantly evoked, by continually attracting and repulsing the reader. Yuan Mei’s approach guides the reader to an adventure in the dangerous recesses of the self. It is a sort of allegoric fantastic reflection on the relative and polyphonic essence of human beings, the multiplicity of selves from psychological perception, and a challenge to the traditional biographical and historical perspective for the unreliability of destiny. Dreams, madness, delusions and other extreme cognitive and affective conditions, abnormal events, gods and spirits, and the dark world of death lead to a reversal of perspective and destroy the Apollonian vision of the social-centered Confucian orthodoxy. With introduction, translation and comments.

Author : Paolo Santangelo,Mei Yuan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Horror tales, Chinese
ISBN : 9004216251

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Zibuyu, "What The Master Would Not Discuss", According to Yuan Mei (1716-1798) by Paolo Santangelo,Mei Yuan Pdf

Although the preface says that the tales in this collection of supernatural stories should not be taken seriously and just aim to dispel boredom, Zibuyu is a work with different reading levels, which allows to uncover several deep trends, taboos and fantasies of late imperial intellectual circles. Disgust, surprise and laughter are constantly evoked, by continually attracting and repulsing the reader. Santangelo and Yan have introduced, translated and commented upon the collection.

Author : Yuan Mei
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781614728511

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Recipes from the Garden of Contentment by Yuan Mei Pdf

Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: Yuan Mei’s Manual of Gastronomy is the first English edition of the Suiyuan Shidan 随園食单, one of the world’s most famous books about food. It is both a culinary treatise and a cookbook, written in the late eighteenth century by the poet Yuan Mei 袁枚. This translation by Sean J. S. Chen conveys the charm, humor, and erudition of one of China’s greatest writers. The book includes recipes for well-known yet exotic dishes such as bird’s nest and shark’s fin, and offers modern readers a unique perspective on Chinese history and culinary culture.

Author : Gesine Lenore Schiewer,Jeanette Altarriba,Bee Chin Ng
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110795554

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Language and Emotion. Volume 3 by Gesine Lenore Schiewer,Jeanette Altarriba,Bee Chin Ng Pdf

The Handbook consists of four major sections. Each section is introduced by a main article: Theories of Emotion – General Aspects Perspectives in Communication Theory, Semiotics, and Linguistics Perspectives on Language and Emotion in Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary and Applied Perspectives The first section presents interdisciplinary emotion theories relevant for the field of language and communication research, including the history of emotion research. The second section focuses on the full range of emotion-related aspects in linguistics, semiotics, and communication theories. The next section focuses on cultural studies and language and emotion; emotions in arts and literature, as well as research on emotion in literary studies; and media and emotion. The final section covers different domains, social practices, and applications, such as society, policy, diplomacy, economics and business communication, religion and emotional language, the domain of affective computing in human-machine interaction, and language and emotion research for language education. Overall, this Handbook represents a comprehensive overview in a rich, diverse compendium never before published in this particular domain.

Author : Dennis Wuerthner
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824883041

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Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk by Dennis Wuerthner Pdf

One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work’s complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator’s introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp; the Kŭmo sinhwa’s creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work—stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld—will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike.

Author : Geoffrey Redmond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472505941

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The I Ching (Book of Changes) by Geoffrey Redmond Pdf

The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts. Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank. Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.

Author : Robert Ford Campany
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780824853518

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A Garden of Marvels by Robert Ford Campany Pdf

Between 300 and 600 C.E., Chinese writers compiled thousands of accounts of the strange and the extraordinary. Some described weird spirits, customs, and flora and fauna in distant lands. Some depicted individuals of unusual spiritual or moral achievement. But most told of ordinary people’s encounters with ghosts, demons, or gods; sojourns in the land of the dead; eerily significant dreams; and uncannily accurate premonitions. The selection of such stories presented here provides an alluring introduction to early medieval Chinese storytelling and opens a doorway to the enchanted world of thought, culture, and religious belief of that era. Known as zhiguai, or “accounts of anomalies,” they convey a great deal about how people saw the cosmos and their place in it. The tales were circulated because they were entertaining but also because their compilers meant to document the mysterious workings of spirits, the wonders of exotic places, and the nature of the afterlife. A collection of more than two hundred tales, A Garden of Marvels offers an authoritative yet accessible introduction to zhiguai writings, particularly those never before translated or adequately researched. This volume will likely find its way to bedside tables as well as into classrooms and libraries, just as collections of zhiguai did in early medieval times.

Author : Mengxing Fu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000431315

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The Perturbed Self by Mengxing Fu Pdf

By comparison of late nineteenth-century ghost stories between China and Britain, this monograph traces the entangled dynamics between ghost story writing, history-making, and the moulding of a gendered self. Associated with times of anxiety, groups under marginalisation, and tensions with orthodox narratives, ghost stories from two distinguished literary traditions are explored through the writings and lives of four innovative writers of this period, namely Xuan Ding (宣鼎) and Wang Tao (王韬) in China and Vernon Lee and E. Nesbit in Britain. Through this cross-cultural investigation, the book illuminates how a gendered self is constructed in each culture and what cultural baggage and assets are brought into this construction. It also ventures to sketch a common poetics underlying a "literature of the anomaly" that can be both destabilising and constructive, subversive, and coercive. This book will be welcomed by the Gothic studies community, as well as scholars working in the fields of women’s writing, nineteenth-century British literature, and Chinese literature.

Author : Christopher Rea
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520283848

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The Age of Irreverence by Christopher Rea Pdf

The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why ChinaÕs entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward extinction, prominent writers compiled jokes into collections they called Òhistories of laughter.Ó In the first years of the Republic, novelists, essayists and illustrators alike used humorous allegories to make veiled critiques of the new government. But, again and again, political and cultural discussion erupted into invective, as critics gleefully jeered and derided rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press, promoting a culture of practical joking and buffoonery. Eventually, these various expressions of hilarity proved so offensive to high-brow writers that they launched a concerted campaign to transform the tone of public discourse, hoping to displace the old forms of mirth with a new one they called youmo (humor). Christopher Rea argues that this periodÑfrom the 1890s to the 1930sÑtransformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Focusing on five cultural expressions of laughterÑjokes, play, mockery, farce, and humorÑhe reveals the textures of comedy that were a part of everyday life during modern ChinaÕs first Òage of irreverence.Ó This new history of laughter not only offers an unprecedented and up-close look at a neglected facet of Chinese cultural modernity, but also reveals its lasting legacy in the Chinese language of the comic today and its implications for our understanding of humor as a part of human culture.

Author : Susan NAQUIN
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004516410

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Gods of Mount Tai by Susan NAQUIN Pdf

At the intersection of art and religious history, Susan Naquin’s richly illustrated history presents a fresh method for studying Chinese gods and sacred places as it tells the full story of Mount Tai and the premier female deity of North China.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Asia
ISBN : UIUC:30112114576462

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東洋學文獻類目 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Klaus Herbers,Hans Christian Lehner
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : UCLA:L0107861346

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On the road in the name of religion II by Klaus Herbers,Hans Christian Lehner Pdf

Pilgern ist eine der ältesten und zugleich aktuellsten Formen von Mobilität. Millionen von Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Kulturräumen machen sich jährlich auf den Weg. Über religiöse Grenzen hinweg eint die Pilger verschiedener Epochen ihr Aufbruch zu spirituellen oder heiligen Zielen - wobei die Motive und Praktiken vielfältig sind. Ein Pilger unternimmt seine Pilgerfahrt nicht allein aus religiösen Motiven, sie ist mehr als eine religiöse Übung. Politische Implikationen, anthropologische Dispositionen, literarische Fiktionen und vieles andere spielen eine Rolle. Nachdem in einem ersten Band das Pilgern vorrangig als Ritual verstanden und nach den Motiven gefragt wurde, beschäftigen sich die Autorinnen und Autoren in diesem zweiten Band mit den Wegen und Zielen des Pilgerns: Neben der Frage nach der Entstehung solcher Traditionen nehmen sie zusätzlich ihre materielle, kulturelle und metaphysische Bedeutung in den Blick. Davon ausgehend erschließen auch Quellen, die auf den ersten Blick nicht thematisch einschlägig erscheinen, neue Perspektiven. Kultur- und literaturwissenschaftliche sowie philologische Methoden ergänzen hierbei die genuin historische Herangehensweise.

Author : Zhiyi Yang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789004298538

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Dialectics of Spontaneity by Zhiyi Yang Pdf

In Dialectics of Spontaneity, Zhiyi Yang examines the aesthetic and ethical theories of Su Shi, the primary poet, artist, and statesman of Northern Song.

Author : Paolo Santangelo,Gábor Boros
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004397835

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The Culture of Love in China and Europe by Paolo Santangelo,Gábor Boros Pdf

In The Culture of Love in China and Europe Paolo Santangelo and Gábor Boros offer a survey of the cults of love developed in the history of ideas and literary production in China and Europe between the 12th and early 19th century. They describe parallel evolutions within the two cultures, and how innovatively these independent civilisations developed their own categories and myths to explain, exalt but also control the emotions of love and their behavioural expressions. The analyses contain rich materials for comparison, point out the universal and specific elements in each culture, and hint at differences and resemblances, without ignoring the peculiar beauty and attractive force of the texts cultivating love.

Author : Richard E. Strassberg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520934172

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Wandering Spirits by Richard E. Strassberg Pdf

Dreams have been taken seriously in China for at least three millennia. Wandering Spirits is a translation and study of the most comprehensive work on dream culture in traditional China—Lofty Principles of Dream Interpretation (Mengzhan yizhi), compiled in 1562 by Chen Shiyuan and periodically reprinted up to the modern era. The best introduction to the diversity of ideas held by the educated class about dreams, this unique treatise compiles various theories, Chen's own comments concerning the nature of dreams and their role in waking life, and almost seven hundred examples assembled from a wide range of literary sources. This annotated translation is accompanied by a full-length introduction that surveys the evolution of Chinese dream culture and the role of Chen Shiyuan and his encyclopedia.