Anecdote, network, gossip, performance : essays on the Shishuo xinyu

Anecdote, network, gossip, performance : essays on the Shishuo xinyu / Jack W. Chen.

"This book is a study of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China-and arguably of the entire traditional era. In a set of interconnected essays, Jack W. Chen offers new readings of the Shishuo xinyu that draw upon social network analysis, performance studies,...

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Main Author: Chen, Jack Wei (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2021.
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 124.
Subjects:
Liu, Yiqing, > 403-444. > Shi shuo xin yu.
Shi shuo xin yu (Liu, Yiqing)
Anecdotes > China > History and criticism.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Anecdotes
Anecdotes > History and criticism.
Anecdotes > China.
China
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The title of the text
  • The structure and composition of the text
  • Andecdote and history
  • Individualism and typology
  • The Shishuo and "pure conversation"
  • Overview of chapters
  • 1. A textual history of the Shishuo xinyu
  • The Shi Jingyin and Liu Ziaobiao commentaries
  • Liu Yiqing's biography
  • The Shishuo in the bibliographic treatises of the official histories
  • The Shishuo in the Tang dynasty
  • The Shishuo in Song dynasty encyclopedias and bibliographic writings
  • Wang Zao (1079-1154) on the Shishuo
  • The Dong Fen, Lu You, and Yuan Jiong editions
  • Modern editions of the Shishuo
  • Conclusion : On medieval textuality
  • 2. On social networks
  • The Shishuo as network
  • Six degrees of separation, or a walk through the network
  • First degree : Xu Zhi and Chen Fan
  • Second degree : Chen Fan, Li Ying, and Cai Yong
  • Third degree : Cai Yong, Sun Chuo, and Wang Xizhi
  • Fourth degree : Wang Xizhi and Xie An
  • Fifth degree : Xie An, Wang Xianzhi, Liu Jin, and Huan Xuan
  • Sixth degree : Huan Xiu, and Madame Yu
  • Conclusion : Network and andecdote
  • 3. 0n gossip and reputation
  • Defining gossip and reputation
  • Gossip and anecdote : Four stories about Hua Xin
  • Knowing others and being known : Chu Pou's silence
  • The Mingshi or "gentlemen of repute"
  • Conclusion : The anxiety of the second-rate
  • 4. On performance, praise, and insult
  • On praise and appraisal
  • The politics of praise
  • Virtuosity, aptness, and inadequacy
  • Theories of insult
  • Taking liberties with pronouns
  • Three stories about Sun Chuo
  • Unintended offense
  • Conclusion : The economy of reputation
  • 5. On competition and composure
  • Three stories about Zhong Hui
  • Conversation on social competition
  • The aesthetics of composure
  • Xie An : Calling back the recluse
  • Xie An keeps his cool
  • Conclusion : Wang Dun goes to the bathroom
  • 6. On ritual and mourning
  • Mourning and sincerity in the Li ji
  • The sincerity of mourning
  • Friendship and mourning
  • A coda
  • Conclusion : The view from across the river.

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