A Madman of Chʼu

A Madman of Chʼu

Author: Laurence A. Schneider

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780520036857

DOWNLOAD EBOOK


The Shaman and the Heresiarch

The Shaman and the Heresiarch

Author: Gopal Sukhu

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-08-08

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 143844284X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Li sao (also known as Encountering Sorrow), attributed to the poet-statesman Qu Yuan (4th–3rd century BCE), is one of the cornerstones of the Chinese poetic tradition. It has long been studied as China's first extended allegory in poetic form, yet most scholars agree that there is very little in the two-thousand-year-old tradition of commentary on it that convincingly explains its supernatural flights, its complex floral imagery, or the gender ambiguity of its primary poetic persona. The Shaman and the Heresiarch is the first book-length study of the Li sao in English, offering new translations of both the Li sao and the Nine Songs. The book traces the shortcomings of the earliest extant commentary on those texts, that of Wang Yi, back to the quasi-divinatory methods of the highly politicized tradition of Chinese classical hermeneutics in general, and the political machinations of a Han dynasty empress dowager in particular. It also offers an entirely new interpretation of the Li sao, one based not on Qu Yuan hagiography but on what late Warring States period artifacts and texts, including recently unearthed texts, teach us about the cultural context that produced the poem. In that light we see in the Li sao not only a reflection of the era of the great classical Chinese philosophers, but also the breakdown of the political-religious order of the ancient state of Chu.


The Chinese Postmodern

The Chinese Postmodern

Author: Xiaobin Yang

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780472112418

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An insightful look into contemporary Chinese avant-garde fiction and the problem of Chinese postmodernity


From May Fourth to June Fourth

From May Fourth to June Fourth

Author: Ellen Widmer

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 0674045165

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What do the Chinese literature and film inspired by the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) have in common with the Chinese literature and film of the May Fourth movement (1918-1930)? This new book demonstrates that these two periods of the highest literary and cinematic creativity in twentieth-century China share several aims: to liberate these narrative arts from previous aesthetic orthodoxies, to draw on foreign sources for inspiration, and to free individuals from social conformity. Although these consistencies seem readily apparent, with a sharper focus the distinguished contributors to this volume reveal that in many ways discontinuity, not continuity, prevails. Their analysis illuminates the powerful meeting place of language, imagery, and narrative with politics, history, and ideology in twentieth-century China. Drawing on a wide range of methodologies, from formal analysis to feminist criticism, from deconstruction to cultural critique, the authors demonstrate that the scholarship of modern Chinese literature and film has become integral to contemporary critical discourse. They respond to Eurocentric theories, but their ultimate concern is literature and film in China's unique historical context. The volume illustrates three general issues preoccupying this century's scholars: the conflict of the rural search for roots and the native soil movement versus the new strains of urban exoticism; the diacritics of voice, narrative mode, and intertextuality; and the reintroduction of issues surrounding gender and subjectivity. Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments Introduction David Der-wei Wang part:1 Country and City 1. Visitation of the Past in Han Shaogong's Post-1985 Fiction Joseph S. M. Lau 2. Past, Present, and Future in Mo Yan's Fiction of the 1980s Michael S. Duke 3. Shen Congwen's Legacy in Chinese Literature of the 1980s Jeffrey C. Kinkley 4. Imaginary Nostalgia: Shen Congwen, Song Zelai, Mo Yan, and Li Yongping David Der-wei Wang 5. Urban Exoticism in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Heinrich Fruehauf part: 2 Subjectivity and Gender 6. Text, Intertext, and the Representation of the Writing Self in Lu Yun, Dafu,and Wang Meng Yi-tsi Mei Feuerwerker 7. Invention and Intervention: The Making of a Female Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature Lydia H. Liu 8. Living in Sin: From May Fourth via the Antirightist Movement to the Present Margaret H. Decker part: 3 Narrative Voice and Cinematic Vision 9. Lu Xun's Facetious Muse: The Creative Imperative in Modern Chinese Fiction Marston Anderson 10. Lives in Profile: On the Authorial Voice in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Theodore Huters 11. Melodramatic Representation and the "May Fourth" Tradition of Chinese Cinema Paul G. Pickowicz 12. Male Narcissism and National Culture: Subjectivity in Chen Kaige's King of the Children Rey Chow Afterword: Reflections on Change and Continuity in Modern Chinese Fiction Leo Ou-fan Lee Notes Contributors From May Fourth to June Fourth will he warmly welcomed. It should be of great interest to all concerned with literary developments in the contemporary world on the one hand, and on the other with the enigmas surrounding China's alternating attempts to develop and to destroy herself as a civilization. --Cyril Birch, University of California, Berkeley


Taiping Guangji; A Collection of Ancient Novels in China; The Volume of Immortals and Fairies (Vol. 1 - 70)

Taiping Guangji; A Collection of Ancient Novels in China; The Volume of Immortals and Fairies (Vol. 1 - 70)

Author: Li Fang

Publisher: DeepLogic

Published:

Total Pages: 708

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Taiping Guangji" (太平广记) is the first collection of ancient classical Chinese documentary novels. The book has 500 volumes with 10 catalogues . It is a kind of book based on the documentary stories of the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. 14 people including Li Fang, Hu Mongolian ﹑ Li Mu , Xu Xuan , Wangke Zhen , Song white , Lv Wenzhong worked under Song Taizong Emperor’s command for the compilation. It began in the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977 A.D) and was completed in the following year (978 Ad.). This book is basically a collection of ancient stories compiled by category. The book is divided into 92 categories according to the theme, and is divided into more than 150 details. The story of the gods and spirits in the book accounts for the largest proportion, such as the fifty-five volumes of the gods, the fifteen volumes of the female fairy, the twenty-five volumes of the gods, the forty volumes of the ghosts, plus the Taoism, the alchemist, the aliens, the dissidents, the interpretation and Spirit vegetation of birds and so on, basically belong to the weird story of nature, represents the mainstream of Chinese classical story. The book includes the volume of Immortals and Fairies (Vol. 1 - 70) from Tai Ping Guang Ji.


Emperor of Pills and Martial Arts

Emperor of Pills and Martial Arts

Author: Hu XiaoXian

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2019-12-08

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 1647677610

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The road of youth, hot-blooded legend, the path of rising up, the path of thorns, the cultivation of dual alchemy, stepping on boundaries, slashing against the heavens, stepping on the path of the emperor, stepping on the heaven and earth!


The Most Powerful Doctor

The Most Powerful Doctor

Author: Yu Yang

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-03-09

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13: 1648574076

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With a pair of magical eyes and tenacity, he is committed to being the best doctor. He is born with a pair of eyes that can clearly see through the human body in the dark. This special ability has made his dream of being a famous doctor. A pair of magical eyes can always find lesions that other doctors cannot see. But because he accidentally discovered the secret of his boss, his life was severely hit. The boss assigned him to work in a very remote place, where there were no family members and friends, and even his girlfriend broke up with him because of that. He was not defeated by setbacks, but strengthened his dream of becoming a famous doctor. His superb medical skills have been noticed by more and more people, and he has since been awarded the title of "the most powerful doctor". ☆About the Author☆ Yu Yang, an outstanding online novelist. His rich life experience has provided inexhaustible motivation for his novel creation, and his novel plot is as good as writing.


Empress' Conquest

Empress' Conquest

Author: Xiao Yun

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2019-12-01

Total Pages: 986

ISBN-13: 1647672228

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It has been adapted into comic:Empress' ConquestShe was a queen of the dynasty. Because of power struggles, she became the emperor's most hated person. The emperor threw her into the cold hell, took away her beloved daughter, and abolished her queen's title. All this cruelty made her dead in hatred.After rebirth with hatred, she decided to use her life to revenge, let the emperor pay for what he had done. But in this life, after having many contests, he fell in love with her. He said that he should stay with her anyway...☆About the Author☆Xiao Yun, an author of online novels, has a turbulent and exciting plot for her work Empress' Conquest. It is a novel with a good plot and style.


Mature Man and His Sweetheart

Mature Man and His Sweetheart

Author: Bu Xiaojie

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-04-27

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1648973183

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Her boyfriend broke off his legs and kissed her younger sister. In her anger, she accidentally met the president of the diamond company. From then on, she was surrounded by demons.