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The narration of China

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"Part One of the Festschrift honoring William H. Nienhauser invites readers to explore the fascinating world of ancient Chinese texts through a scholarly lens. The collected articles investigate how already in early times, formerly lost texts were recovered, studied, and edited in order to produce the literature now accessible to us. They analyze how ancient poems inscribed on newly unearthed bamboo slips can be dated according to their rhyme structure and linguistic nuances. And readers will further delve into the vivid accounts of kings and heroes recorded by Sima Qian in his Records of the Grand Historian and gain insights into his personal reflections on figures like Zhang Qian and the developing trade routes between East and West. In sum, this volume provides a comprehensive insight into the rich tapestry of pre-Qin and Han era literature and historiography. Part Two of the Festschrift dedicated to William H. Nienhauser presents a collection of twelve academic papers that delve into the realms of poetry, fiction, and anecdotal writing from the Tang dynasty onwards. Readers will immerse themselves in the linguistic and literary intricacies of some of the most famous pieces of Tang era poetry, learn to see the city of Beijing through the eyes of a Portuguese explorer of the 16th century, dissect late pictorial depictions of Confucius in classroom settings, and discover how a real event might have inspired four separate Tang narratives to revolve around a female avenger."-- Provided by publisher.

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Part 1. Ancient China between the lines. On the editing of the Mu Tianzi Zhuan / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- The rite of yinzhi (drinking celebration) and poems recorded on the Tsinghua bamboo slips / Chen Zhi -- Did the master care about "no distinction of classes in teaching?" : notes on Lunyu 15.39 有教無類 / Hans Van Ess -- A newly discovered Han Fu : the Peking University bamboo strip nanuscript of the "Fan yin" 反淫 (Contra Immoderation) / David R. Knechtges -- Sima Qian and the universal mind / Scott Cook -- The subtle criticism of Zhang Qian found within the records of the Grand Historian : the account of Dayuan / Li Jia -- Prosecuting functionaries in eastern Han China : an introduction to the evidence from the newly excavated documents from Wuyi Guangchang, Changsha / Robin D.S. Yates -- Tu Xie : political education and artistic integration in early southern dynasties / Sun Bao -- Factional strife underneath a catastrophic flood : Li Jing, the Duke of Wei / Qian Liu -- Prelude to the golden age of Tang poetry : Zhang Yue as a leader and patron of poetic circles in the early Kaiyuan era / Qu Jingyi -- Curriculum vitae of Professor William H. Nienhauser, Jr. -- Part 2. Medieval and early modern China, expanding horizons. A Confucian poem by Li Bai : translation and commentary / Zu-yan Chen -- The sound of T'ang poetry : three poems in attested T'ang pronunciation / Christopher I. Beckwith -- Transgression and restoration : narratology and gender identity in four Tang narratives of a woman avenger / Jing Wang and Mei Ah Tan -- Reading Li Shangyin without doubt : a foray in humanistic Sinology / Nicholas Morrow Williams -- The anecdotal past : unofficial history and "minute cultural memory" in the Tang yulin (forest of conversations on the Tang) / Amelia Ying Qin -- Reading Tang anecdotes in the northern song : the case of Yue Shi's "unofficial biography of Yang Taizhen" / Zou Xin -- Imagistic wordplay : decoding examination dreams in Yijian zhi / Victor H. Mair and Zihan Guo -- The formation and significance of images of Confucius and disciples at the Apricot Altar (Xingtan tu 杏壇圖) / Julia K. Murray -- Imperial abdication and dual sovereignty in the southern Song / Charles Hartman -- The narrator in Samuel Purchas' English version of Peregrinaçao by Fernão Mendes Pinto and the image of Beijing / Nicholas Koss -- Premonition, transmission, and infection : narration of epidemic disease in late Ming tales of the strange / Rania Huntington -- Fictive language and vulgar Words 假語村言 : the tendentious ambiguity of Zhang Xinzhi's commentary to Honglou meng / Haun Saussy -- Curriculum vitae of Professor William H. Nienhauser, Jr.

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