Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2005

Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

Edited by: Victor H. Mair , Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351

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About this book

The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities.

Author / Editor information

Mair Victor H. :

Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania.Steinhardt Nancy Shatzman :

Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania.Goldin Paul R. :

Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.Victor H. Mair (Editor)
Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt (Editor)
Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania.

Paul R. Goldin (Editor)
Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Michael Puett, professor of Chinese, Harvard University:
A truly excellent work; it will be widely used not simply because it is much needed but also because it will generate tremendous excitement in the classroom.

William H. Nienhauser, Jr., Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison:
An immensely important work in part because of the quality of the contributors and in part because of the design of the book. It should truly appeal to all those interested in the basics of Chinese civilization.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Historical chronology Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Terms and Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
A Note on the Transcription and Translation of the Titles of Chinese Texts Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Introduction:A Constantly Shifting Mosaic of Peoples and Cultures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1.Shang Dynasty Oracle-Bone Inscriptions Gilbert I. Mattos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
2. Shang and Zhou Ritual Bronze Inscriptions Gilbert I. Mattos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Astronomy in Early Chinese Sources David Pankenier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
4. Milfoil-Divination Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
5. Heaven’s Mandate Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
6.The Odes Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
7.Confucius and the Birth of Chinese Philosophy Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
8.The Challenge of Mo Zi Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
9.Mencius's Defense of Confucianism Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
10. The Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, and Five Forms of Conduct Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
11. The World of the Zuozhuan Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
12. The Tradition of the Daode jing Paul R. Goldin and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
13. Zhuang Zi Paul R. Goldin and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
14. The Paradoxes of Hui Shi and Others Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
15. The Lyrics of Chu and the Aesthetic of Shamanism Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
16. Filial Piety Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
17. The Methods of War of Sun Wu and Sun Bin Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
18. Xun Zi and the Confucian Way Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
19. Early Discussions of Music and Literature Paul R. Goldin and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
20. Vestments of Mourning Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
22. Anecdotes from the Warring States Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
23. The Laws of Qin before the Empire Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
24. The Rise and Fall of the Qin Empire Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
25. Huang-Lao Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
26. The Five Phases Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
27. The Xiongnu, Raiders from the Steppe Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
28. Sima Qian, “Account of the Legendary Physician Bian Que” Alan Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
29. Sima Qian, “Letter to Ren An” Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
30. The Rationalism of Wang Chong Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
31. Admonitions for Women Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
32. Zhang Heng, “Western Metropolis Rhapsody” David R. Knechtges and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
33. Scripture on Great Peace (Taiping jing ) Barbara Hendrischke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
34. Cao Pi, “A Discourse on Literature” Xiaofei Tian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
35. Legends of Confucius Lionel M. Jensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
36. Medicines from The Divine Husbandman’s Canon of Materia Medica Alan Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
37. Huangfu Mi, Preface to and Biographies from Accounts of High-minded Men Alan Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
38. The Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove Paul R. Goldin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
39. Lu Bao, “On the Money God” Victor Cunrui Xiong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
40. Xie Lingyun, Preface to Record of Excursions to Famous Mountains Alan Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
41. Fan Ye, Preface to “Accounts of Disengaged Persons” Alan Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
42. Buddhism and Language in Early-Medieval China Daniel Boucher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
43. Buddhism and Indigenous Chinese Culture Richard Mather Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
44. Early-Medieval Stories of Filial Piety Keith Knapp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
45. The Elevation of Belles Lettres Zong-Qi Cai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
46. Legends of The Original Vow of the Bodhisattva of the Earth Sanctuary Lindy Li Mark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
47. Selections from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
48. Sima Guang, “The Battle of Mang Mountain” David A. Graff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
49. “The Tale of Master Yuan of Mount Lu” Tansen Sen and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
50. Tang Poems as Vehicles for Ideas Denis Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
51. Dou Yi, a Mid-Tang Businessman Victor Cunrui Xiong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
52. Han Yu, “A Memorial on the Relic of the Buddha” Victor Cunrui Xiong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
53. Han Yu, “The Original Way” Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
54. The First Recorded Cinderella Story Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
55. Late-Tang Foreign Relations: The Uyghur Crisis Michael R. Drompp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
56. Political and Economic Problems concerning Buddhism Xinru Liu and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
57. Guo Xi (attrib.), “Advice on Landscape” John Hay, Victor H. Mair, Susan Bush and Hsio-Yen Shih Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
58. Su Shi, “Parable of the Sun” Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
59. Zhu Qiqian, “A Song-Dynasty Silk-tapestry Bag with Strap” Angela Sheng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390
60. Fang Lüe, “Inscription for the Temple of Auspicious Response” Hugh Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	392
61. The Discovery of Crystallized Sugar Sucheta Mazumdar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
62. Recollections of the Northern Song Capital Stephen H. West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
63. Zhang Jiucheng’s Explanation of Zhang Zai’s “Western Inscription” Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
64. Zhu Xi, Introduction to the Redacted Centrality and Commonality Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
65. Dragons, Tigers, and Elixirs: Alchemy in Medieval China Lowell Skar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
66. The Autobiographical Sermon of Zuqin Pei-Yi Wu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
67. Vernacular Paraphrases of the Classics for the Mongol Rulers Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
68. Yuan-period Medical Cases Charlotte Furth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	440
69. Ni Zan, Cloud Forest Hall Collection of Rules for Drinking and Eating Eugene N. Anderson, Teresa Wang and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	444
70. Tang Shi, “Lament for a Song Girl,” Four Stanzas Wayne Schlepp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	456
71. Wang Yangming, “Inquiry on the Great Learning ” Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	458
72. In Praise of Martyrs: Widow-Suicide in Late-Imperial China Katherine Carlitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
73. Lu Xixing (attrib.), Romance of the Investiture of the Gods Gary Seaman and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	467
74. Imperial Preface to the Revised Edition of the Collected Statutes of the Ming Romeyn Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	490
75. Schools and Civil Service in the Ming Dynasty Jan L. Hagman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	494
76. Accounts of Bengal in Extensive Records on Four Foreign Lands Narayan Chandra Sen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	505
77. Chen Zongyou, Exposition of the Original Shaolin Staff Method Meir Shahar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	514
78. Li Yu, “A Handful of Snow” Tina Lu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517
79. Shen Cheng, “A Requiem for My Daughter Zhen” Pei-Yi Wu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	525
80. Zhang Maozi, A Record of Life beyond My Due Lynn Struve Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	528
81. Feng Menglong, Preface to the Mountain Songs Kathryn Lowry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539
82. Fang Yizhi, Introduction to Notes on the Principle of Things Victor H. Mair and Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	543
83. Gu Yanwu, Preface to Five Treatises on Phonology Thomas Bartlett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545
84. Yu Yonghe, Small Sea Travelogue (Excerpts) Emma Teng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	548
85. Miao Albums Laura Hostetler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	563
86. Yuan Mei, Champion of Individual Taste Denis Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567
87. Gesar of Ling Robin Kornman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	574
88. To Hell and Back: A Nineteenth-century Fable Donald S. Sutton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	603
89. Biographies of Exemplary Women Susan L. Mann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	607
90. Kang Youwei, “An Investigation into the Reforms of Confucius” Victor H. Mair and Robert Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	614
91. Lu Xun, An Outsider’s Chats about Written Language Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	617
92. Xu Bing, “The Living Word” Ann L. Huss and Victor H. Mair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	642
Suggestions for Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	647
Photographic Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	663
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	667

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 756
Illustrations
- Other: 130 illus., 117 color, 11 maps

eBook

Published: January 31, 2005
ISBN: 9780824852351