Note: All starred items ** are supplementary readings.
Please keep an eye on the online syllabus as it will change to meet the interests of conference members over the course of the semester.
During this first week, we would like you to become familiar with a famous panoramic image of the Song as a frame of reference, namely the Qingming scroll (http://web.reed.edu/academic/qingming/scroll/):
• Claypool's section: Wednesday (28 January), 11-11:50 a.m. in ETC 211.
• Ditter's section: Friday (30 January), 11-11:50 a.m. in ETC 211.
• Brashier's section: Wednesday ( 4 February ), 11-11:50 a.m. in ETC 211.
Monday:
"The Song Dynasty." Pp. 553-558 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. (Text)
Liu, James T.C. "Ou-yang Hsiu." Pp. 808-816 in Sung biographies . Herbert Franke, ed. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1976. (E-Reserves & Reserves : DS751.5 S96 1976, v.1 & v.2; DS751.5 S96 1978 v.2-3)
Wednesday:
Ouyang Xiu. "Basic annals of Liang," "Biographies of the royal families: Liang," "Biographies of martyrs to virtue," "Biographies of court musicians and actors," "Biographies of eunuchs," "Zhang Yanze," "Feng Dao," and "Lü Qi." Pp. 14-22, 117-129, 265-272, 309-315, 316-322, 429-433, 438-443, 456-459. Historical records of the Five Dynasties . Richard David, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : DS749.5 O9313 2004, 1 copy) don't do this reading!
Davis, Richard. "Chaste and filial women in Chinese historical writings of the Eleventh Century." Journal of the American Oriental Society 121, ii (Apr/Jun 2001): 204-218. ( JSTOR )
Friday:
Bol, Peter. "Introduction," and "The transformation of the shih ." Pp. 1-75 (with notes) in 'This culture of ours': Intellectual transitions in T'ang and Sung China . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. (Handout & Reserves : DS747.42 B64 1992, 6 copies)
Monday:
Study guide ( Handout )
Standen, Naomi. "(Re)Constructing the frontiers of tenth-century north China." Pp. 55-79 in Frontiers in question: Eurasian borderlands, 700-1700 . N. Standen & D. Power, eds. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : D34 A83 F76 1999, 1 copy)
Lau Nap-yin. "Waging war for peace? The peace accord between the Song and the Liao in AD 1005." Pp. 180-221 in Warfare in Chinese history . Hans van de Ven, ed. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2000. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : DS738 .W36 2000, 1 copy)
"Gilded splendor: Treasures of China's Liao empire (907-1125). Asia Society and Museum digital exhibition. url: http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/liao/
Wednesday:
Ouyang Xiu. “Biographies of the royal families: Jin.” Pp. 162-75 in “Historical records of the Five Dynasties.” Davis, Richard L., trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. (E-Reserves & Reserves: DS749.5 O9313 2004, 1 copy)
Yang, Lien-sheng. “A ‘posthumous letter’ from the Chin [Later Jin] emperor to the Khitan [Qitan, Liao] emperor in 942.” Pp. 114-24 in Excursions in Sinology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. (E-Reserves)
Wang Gongwu. "The rhetoric of a lesser empire: Early Sung relations with its neighbors." Pp. 46-65 in China among equals: The Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th - 14th Centuries. Morris Rossabi, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. (Reserves: DS750.82 C46 1983, 7 copies)
Translations of Song and Liao imperial documents concerning the Shanyuan treaty (see blog): http://web.reed.edu/academic/departments/chinese/chin-hum/materials
Friday:
Lu Chen. "Ch'eng-yao lu." Pp. 5-8, 21-47 in The ambassadors records: Eleventh-century reports of Sung embassies to the Liao . David Wright, trans. Papers on Inner Asia, No. 29. Bloomington: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, 1998. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : DS751 W74 1998, 1 copy)
West, Stephen (trans.). “A diary of My Journey to the North” by Lou Yue (1137-1213). (E-Reserves)
* Tao Jing-shen. "Barbarians or northerners: Northern Sung images of the Khitans." Pp. 66-86 in China among equals: The Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th - 14th Centuries . Morris Rossabi, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. ( Reserves : DS750.82 C46 1983, 7 copies)
* Gilded splendor: Treasures of China's Liao empire (907-1125) . Shen Hsueh-man, ed. New York: Asia Society, 2006. ( Reserves N7343.3 G55 2006, 1 copy)
* Tsao Hsingyuan. Differences preserved: Reconstructed tombs from the Liao and Song dynasties . Portland: Reed Institute, 2000. ( Reserves : NB1665 .T83 2000, 6 copies)
Monday, 11 Feb: introduction to Buddhism in China
Lopez, Donald S. "Introduction." Pp. 3-36 in Buddhism in practice . Donald Lopez, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. ( Reserves : BQ1012 B83 1995, 7 copies)
Gregory, Peter. "The vitality of Buddhism in the Sung." Pp. 1-20 in Buddhism in the Sung . Peter Gregory and Daniel Getz, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : BQ640 B83 1999, 1 copy)
The Lotus Sutra . Burton Watson, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. Chps. 1-3 ( Text ) Note: Your section leader may assign more chapters, or ask you to read these key chapters more than once.
Wednesday, 13 Feb: The Lotus Sutra
The Lotus Sutra . Burton Watson, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. Chps. 4-7, 10-11. ( Text ) Note: Your section leader may assign more chapters, or ask you to read these key chapters more than once.
* The Lotus Sutra . Burton Watson, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. Chps. 5-9, 13-22, 24. ( Text )
* "Lotus school: The Tiantai synthesis," pp. 444-471 Vol 1 of the Sources of Chinese tradition . New and revised edition. T. deBary & I. Bloom, comp. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. ( Reserves : DS721 D37 1999, v. 1, 6 copies)
Friday: literary salon
discussion of paper proposals
Monday:
"Tang poetry: General introduction." Pp. 371-384 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
"The encounter with the goddess." Pp. 189-203 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Fuller, Michael A. "Sung Dynasty Shih Poetry . " Pp. 337 -69 in The Columbia History of Chinese Literature . Victor Mair, ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. ( E-Reserves )
Wednesday:
"Su Shi (1037-1101)." Pp. 663-683 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
"Song classical poetry." Pp. 684-703 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Friday:
papers due
continuation of Wednesday's discussion and analysis of poems
* "Wang Wei (ca. 699-761)," "Du Fu (712-770)." Pp. 385-395, 413-440 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
* "Interlude: Wen Tian-xiang (1236-1282) and the fall of the Song." Pp. 704-720 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
*Yoshikawa Koojiro. "The nature of Sung poetry." Pp. 1-48 in An introduction to Sung poetry . Translated by Burton Watson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : PL2323 Y613 1967, 1 copy)
Monday:
Northern Song landscape paintings http://academic.reed.edu/chinese/chin-hum/materials/index.html
" Bifa ji , Jing Hao, 'Notes on the method for the brush'." Pp. 202-244 in Ways with words: Writing about reading texts from early China . Pauline Yu, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. (Reserves : Z1003.5.C45 W39 2000, 7 copies)
Wednesday:
"The landscape texts." Pp. 141-190. Early Chinese texts on painting . Susan Bush & Hsio-yen Shih, eds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. ( Reserves : ND1500 E25 1985, 6 copies)
Kuo Hsi. " An essay on landscape painting ." Shio Sakanishi , trans. London : Murray, 1935 , pp. 27-64 . ( E-Reserves )
Friday:
Lisa at College Art Association meeting in sunny Los Angeles. Please use conference time to work on group project
**Fong Wen C. "Monumental landscape painting." Pp. 121-37 in Possessing the past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. ( Reserves: N3750.T32 A87 1996, 5 copies)
**Cahill, James. "The imperial painting academy" ( partial ). Pp. 159-168 ( plus Plate 67, p. 151 ) in Possessing the past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. ( Reserves : N3750.T32 A87 1996, 5 copies)
**Foong Ping. "Guo Xi's intimate landscapes and the case of 'Old trees, level distance'." Metropolitan Museum Journal 35 (2000): 87-115. ( JSTOR )
**Sturman, Peter. "Cranes above Kaifeng: The auspicious image at the court of Huizong." Ars Orientalis 20 (1990): 33-68. ( E-Reserves )
Monday:
Today we're focusing on visual narrative
Image archives : The Qingming shanghe tu scroll and Song Cities and Architecture: http://academic.reed.edu/chinese/chin-hum/materials/
user name chingallery, password chn-856
Murray, Julia. "What is Chinese Narrative Illustration?" The Art Bulletin 80, no. 4 (December 1998): 602-615 (JSTOR)
Wednesday:
Today we're focusing on textual narrative.
Moule, A.C. "'The wonder of the capital' roughly translated." New China Review 3, i (1921):12-17, 356-367. ( E-Reserves )
"The attractions of the capital" [from Ducheng jisheng ]. Pp. 178-185 in Chinese civilization: A sourcebook . 2nd ed. Ebrey, Patricia, ed. New York: The Free Press, 1993. ( Reserves : DS721 C517 1993, 5 copies)
"Recollections of the Northern Song capital." West, Stephen, translator. Pp. 405-422 in Hawai'i reader in traditional Chinese culture . Victor Mair, et al, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : DS721 H338 2005, 1 copy)
Heng Chye Kiang. "The Song cityscape." Pp. 117-182 in Cities of aristocrats and bureaucrats: The development of medieval Chinese cities . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. ( Reserves : HT169.C6 H46 1999, 5 copies)
Friday:
And today we're going to compare textual with visual narrative, our discussion drawing on the readings from Monday and Wednesday.
* Heng Chye Kiang. "The Tang city." Pp. 1-66 in Cities of aristocrats and bureaucrats: The development of medieval Chinese cities . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. ( Reserves : HT169.C6 H46 1999, 5 copies)
* Gu gong bo wu yuan (China). Zhongguo li dai hui hua: Gu gong bo wu yuan cang hua ji. I. Dong Jin, Sui, Tang, Wu Dai bu fen . Beijing : Ren min mei shu chu ban she : Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing, 1978-1991. ( Reserves : ND1042 .C538 1991 v 1)
* Gu gong bo wu yuan (China). Zhongguo li dai hui hua: Gu gong bo wu yuan cang hua ji. II. Song dai bu fen (1) . Beijing : Ren min mei shu chu ban she : Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing, 1978-1991. ( Reserves : ND1042 .C538 1991 v 2)
* Gu gong bo wu yuan (China). Zhongguo li dai hui hua : Gu gong bo wu yuan cang hua ji. III. Song dai bu fen (2) . Beijing : Ren min mei shu chu ban she : Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing, 1978-1991. ( Reserves : ND1042 .C538 1991 v 3)
* Schinz, Alfred. The magic square: Cities in ancient China . Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 1996. ( Reserves : Oversize HT147.C48 S345 1996, 1 copy)
* Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. Chinese imperial city planning . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. ( Reserves : NA9265 .S8 1990, 1 copy)
Monday:
Owen, Stephen. "Meaning the words: The genuine as a value in the tradition of the Song lyric." Pp. 30-69 in Voices of the Song lyric in China . Pauline Yu, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : PL2336 V65 1994, 1 copy) OPTIONAL READING
Traditions of Song lyric (Tang and Song Dynasties)." Pp. 559-590 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Wednesday:
"Traditions of Song lyric (Tang and Song Dynasties)." Pp. 559-590 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Sargent, Stuart . "Tz'u . " Pp. 314- 36 in The Columbia History of Chinese Literature . Victor Mair , ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. ( E-Reserves )
Friday: literary salon
discussion of paper proposals
Monday:
Foulk, T. Griffith. "Myth, ritual, and monastic practice in Sung Ch'an Buddhism." Pp. 147-208 in Religion and society in T'ang and Sung China . P. Gregory and P. Ebrey, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : BL1802 .R45 1993, 2 copies)
Wednesday: MEET IN L204
remember to attend lecture by Charles Lachman at 11, Phys 123. Charles will visit our conference at 1:10 (you are welcome to grab some food from the lunch buffet in Capehart and bring it to conference).
study Chan image database http://cdm-workspace.reed.edu/slideshow/510
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: The text of the Tun-huang manuscript . Philip Yampolsky, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. ( Text ) pp. TBA
Friday: papers due
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: The text of the Tun-huang manuscript . Philip Yampolsky, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. ( Text ) pp. TBA
*Foulk, T. Griffith. "The form and function of koan literature: A historical overview." Pp. 15-45 in The koan: Texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism . Steven Heine and Dale Wright, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : BQ9289.5 K625 2000, 1 copy)
* Chang, Chung-yuan. "Illogical and unconventional approaches to Ch'an." Pp. 127-181 (Part IV) in Original teachings of Chan Buddhism: Selected from The transmission of the lamp. Chang Chung-yuan, trans. New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. ( Reserves : BL1460 .T3513 1969, 3 copies; BQ9298 T3713 1982, 1 copy)
Image archives: Book illustrations, printing technology: http://academic.reed.edu/chinese/chin-hum/materials/
For a reading map for this week, click here.
Monday:
Cherniack, Susan. "Book culture and textual transmission in Sung China." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 54, i (1994): 5-125. ( JSTOR )
Wednesday:
Wu, K.T. "Illustrations in Sung printing." The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 28, iii (July 1971):173-195. ( E-Reserves )
Chia, Lucille. "The development of the Jianyang book trade, Song-Yuan." Late Imperial China 17, i (June 1996): 10-48. ( Project MUSE )
"Interlude: Li Qing-zhao's epilogue to Records on metal and stone ." Pp. 591-596 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Friday:
Poon, M.S. "The printer's colophon in Sung China, 960-1279." The Library Quarterly 43, i (1973):39-52. ( E-Reserves )
* Twitchett, Denis. Printing and publishing in medieval China . New York: Frederic Beil, 1983, pp. 13-77, 88-91. ( Reserves : Z186.C5 T95 1983, 1 copy)
* Zhongguo gu dai yin shua shi tu ce [An illustrated history of printing in ancient China]. Luo Shubao, ed. Beijing : Wen wu chu ban she, 1998. ( Reserves : Oversize Z186.C5 Z466 1998, 1 copy)
* Visible traces: Rare books and special collections from the National Library of China . Philip K. Hu, ed. New York: Queens Borough Public Library; Beijing: National Library of China, 2000. ( Reserves : Z1029 .P45 2000, 2 copies)
* Chia, Lucille. Printing for profit: The commercial publishers of Jianyang Fujian (11th-17th centuries) . Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2002. ( Reserves : Z244.6.C6 C438 2002, 2 copies)
Monday:
Bol, Peter. "Conclusion: A historical perspective on the new culture of Tao-hsüeh ." Pp. 327-342 (with notes: pp. 447-448) in This culture of ours': Intellectual transitions in T'ang and Sung China . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. ( Reserves : DS747.42 B64 1992, 6 copies)
Chu Hsi. Learning to be a sage: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, arranged topically. Daniel K. Gardner, trans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. ( Text ) pp 85-115.
Wednesday:
"A crafty demon concocts a dream," "The Wanchun entertainer's tale," and "Zhu Xi's Proposals for schools and Official Recruitment." Mark Halperin, trans. Mss. ( http://academic.reed.edu/chinese/chin-hum/materials/ )
Chu Hsi. Learning to be a sage: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, arranged topically. Daniel K. Gardner, trans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. ( Text ) pp. 116- 142.
Friday:
Chu Hsi. Learning to be a sage: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, arranged topically. Daniel K. Gardner, trans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. ( Text ) pp. 143-196.
* "Neo-Confucianism: The philosophy of human nature and the way of the sage." Pp. Pp. 667-719 in Vol 1 of Sources of Chinese tradition . New and revised edition. T. deBary & I. Bloom, comp. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. ( Reserves : DS721 D37 1999, v. 1, 6 copies)
* Bol, Peter. 'This culture of ours': Intellectual transitions in T'ang and Sung China . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. Chps. 5-6. ( Reserves : DS747.42 B64 1992, 6 copies)
* Gardner, Daniel K. Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh : Neo-Confucian reflection on the Confucian canon . Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1986. ( Reserves : PL2472.Z7 G37 1986, 5 copies)
Image archives: Song gardens http://academic.reed.edu/chinese/chin-hum/materials/
Monday:
Sima Guang. " Dule yuan ji " [Solitary pleasure]. Osvald Siren, trans. Pp. 80-81 in The gardens of China: History, art, and meanings . Edwin Morris, ed. New York: Scribner, 1983. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : SB457.55 M66 1983, 1 copy) READ HYONG'S TRANSLATION INSTEAD (PDF)
Xu, Yinong. "Boundaries, centres, and peripheries in Chinese gardens: A case of Suzhou in the eleventh century." Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 24, i (Jan-Mar 2004): 21-37. ( E-Reserves )
Yang, Xiaoshan. "Li Geifei's Luoyang mingyuan ji (A record of the celebrated gardens of Luoyang): Text and context." Monumenta Serica 52 (2004): 221-255. ( E-Reserves ) optional reading for Monday
Wednesday:
Ouyang Xiu. Luoyang mudan ji " [Account of the tree-peonies of Luoyang]. Pp. 401-406 in Science and civilisation in China. Vol. 6, Biology and biological technology, Pt. 1, Botany . Joseph Needham, et al, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. ( E-Reserves )
Egan, Ronald. "The peony's allure: Botanical treatises and floral beauty." Pp. 109-161 in The problem of beauty: Aesthetic thought and pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China . Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : DS750.72 E43 2006, 1 copy)
Friday: literary salon
discussion of paper proposals at the Portland Classical Chinese Gardens. Meet at the Garden entrance at noon. Session will end in time for people who have 2:10 classes to get back to campus.
**West, Stephen. "Spectacle, ritual, and social relations: The Son of Heaven, citizens, and created space in imperial gardens in the Northern Song." Pp. 291-320 in Baroque garden cultures: Emulation, sublimation, subversion . Michel Conan, ed. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2005. ( E-Reserves & Reserves : SB457.536 B37 2005, 1 copy)
Monday:
Yuan Zhen. "Ying-ying's story." Pp. 540-549 in An anthology of Chinese literature: Beginnings to 1911 . Stephen Owen, ed. & trans. New York: Norton, 1996. ( Text )
Tung Chieh-yüan [Dong Jieyuan]. Master Tung's Western chamber romance (Tung Hsi-hsiang chu-kung-tiao): A Chinese chantefable . Li-li Ch'en, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994, c1976. ( Text ) ix-xxvii, pp. 1-72
Wednesday:
Tung Chieh-yüan [Dong Jieyuan]. Master Tung's Western chamber romance (Tung Hsi-hsiang chu-kung-tiao): A Chinese chantefable . Li-li Ch'en, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994, c1976. ( Text ) pp. 73- 186
Friday:
papers due
Tung Chieh-yüan [Dong Jieyuan]. Master Tung's Western chamber romance (Tung Hsi-hsiang chu-kung-tiao): A Chinese chantefable . Li-li Ch'en, trans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994, c1976. ( Text ) pp. 187- 236
* "Five forms of traditional Chinese stories." Pp. xx-xxiv in Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and variations . Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau, eds. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1986. ( Reserves: PL2658 E8 T7 1986, 6 copies)
* "Empress Chao Fei-yen" (pp. 307-311); "The wit of the master thief" (pp. 533-534); "The fake knight errant" (pp. 559-561). In Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and variations . Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau, eds. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1986. ( Reserves: PL2658 E8 T7 1986, 6 copies)
* "Artisan Ts'ui and his ghost wife" (pp. 252-263); "A mangy Taoist exorcises ghosts" (pp. 388-399); "Song the Fourth raises hell with Tightwad Chang" (pp. 535-554). In Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and variations . Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau, eds. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1986. ( Reserves: PL2658 E8 T7 1986, 6 copies)
* Idema, W. L. and Stephen H. West. Chinese theater, 1100-1450: A source book . Wiesbaden : Steiner, 1982. ( Reserves : PN2871 .I3 1982, 1 copy)
Monday:
Kleeman, Terry F. A god's own tale: The Book of transformations of Wenchang, the Divine Lord of Zitong . New York: State University of New York Press, 1994. Pp. 85-192 . ( Text )
Wednesday:
Kleeman, Terry F. A god's own tale: The Book of transformations of Wenchang, the Divine Lord of Zitong . New York: State University of New York Press, 1994. Pp. 193-292 . ( Text )
Friday:
we look to the past: the Song-dynasty village in Hangzhou and the spring-semester syllabus
* "Weird ghosts of the nine sages" from Hong Mai's Chronicles of Yi Jian . Trans. Stephen West, with his permission. ( Handout )
* "Transformation text on Mahamaudgalyayana rescuing his mother from the underworld, with pictures, one scroll, with preface." Pp. 1093-1127 in The Columbia anthology of traditional Chinese literature . Victor Mair, ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. ( Reserves : PL2658.E1 C65 1994, 5 copies)
* Taoism and the arts of China . Stephen Little, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. ( Reserves : N8199.T3 L58 2000, 5 copies)
Semester Banquet During Reading Week (Time and Location TBA)