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Ways with words: writing about reading texts from early China
Pauline Yu
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Frontmatter
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ABBREVIATIONS (page viii)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page ix)
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Introduction: Reading Texts in the Chinese Humanities (page 1)
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CHAPTER 1. Sheng min (Shi jing [Classic of Poetry], Mao 245: "Birth of the People") (Translations: Bernhard Karlgren and Stephen Owen, page 11)
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Questions about the Language of Sheng min (David R. Knechtges, page 14)
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Interpreting Sheng min (Stephen Owen, page 25)
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Reading Sheng min (Willard Peterson, page 31)
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Perspective on Readings of Sheng min (Pauline Yu, page 34)
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CHAPTER 2. Mencius 2A.2 (Translation: D.C. Lau, page 41)
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Are You a Sage? (Willard Peterson, page 45)
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"There Has Never Been One Greater Than Confucius" (Peter Bol, page 49)
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Perspective on Readings of Mencius 2A.2 (Stephen Owen, page 54)
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CHAPTER 3. Qi wu lun (Zhuangzi: "Seeing Things as Equal") Translation: "The Sorting Which Evens Things Out" (A.C. Graham, page 58)
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Look at the Finger, Not Where It Is Pointing (Stephen H. West, page 71)
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Vision and Identity in Qi wu lun (Martin Powers, page 78)
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On Making Noise in Qi wu lun (Wai-yee Li, page 93)
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Perspective on Readings of Qi wu lun: I Am Not Dreaming This (Willard Peterson, page 103)
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CHAPTER 4. Heart Sūtra (Xin jing) (Translations: Stephen F. Teiser and Stephen H. West, page 113)
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The Heart Sūtra (Michael A. Fuller, page 118)
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Heart Sūtra (Stephen H. West, page 121)
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Perspective on Readings of the Heart Sūtra: The Perfection of Wisdom and the Fear of Buddhism (Stephen F. Teiser, page 130)
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CHAPTER 5. Zi jing fu Fengxian yong huai wu bai zi (Du Fu, "Going from the Capital to Fengxian") (Translation: Stephen Owen, page 146)
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What's in a Title? "Expressing My Feelings on Going from the Capital to Fengxian Prefecture: Five Hundred Characters" by Du Fu (David R Knechtges, page 149)
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Du Fu, "Song of My Cares en Route from the Capital to Fengxian" (Lynn Struve, page 160)
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The Crisis of Witnessing in Du Fu's "A Song of My Thoughts When Going from the Capital to Fengxian: Five Hundred Words" (Wai-yee Li, page 165)
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Perspective on Readings of Du Fu, Zi jing fu Fengxian yong huai wu bai zi (Stephen Owen, page 170)
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CHAPTER 6. Yingying zhuan (Yuan Zhen , "Biography of Yingying") (Translation: Stephen Owen, page 173)
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The Story of Yingying (Pauline Yu, page 182)
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Mixture of Genres and Motives for Fiction in "Yingying's Story" (Wai-yee Li, page 185)
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On Yingying zhuan, by Yuan Zhen (Katherine Carlitz, page 192)
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Perspective on Readings of Yingying zhuan (Peter Bol, page 198)
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CHAPTER 7. Bi fa ji (Jing Hao, "Notes on the Method for the Brush") (Translation and Commentary: Stephen H. West, page 202)
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Bi fa ji (Stephen Owen, page 213)
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How To Read a Chinese Painting: Jing Hao's Bi fa ji (Martin Powers, page 219)
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Perspective on Readings of "The Record of the Method of the Brush" (Willard Peterson, page 236)
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GLOSSARY (page 245)
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CHINESE TEXTS (page 261)
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CONTRIBUTORS (page 277)
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INDEX (page 279)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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LC | 37.4 (Fall. 2002): 402-403 | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/45143 |
JAS | 60.3 (Aug. 2001): 856-858 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2700135 |
BSOAS | 65.2 (2002): 448-450 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4145660 |
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Published: c2000
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520216051 (hardcover)
- 9780520224667 (paper)