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CHINESE LITERATURE PODCAST II
Jul. 16th, 2021 05:40 pmSome more episodes (taking us to 20/100):
Su Dongpo
An interesting look at poet-statesmen in the Song, the tensions around political reform in the period, and the poem "Waking up on a Boat at Night" in particular. The link will take you to their translation.
Jing Tsu's Sound and Script in the Chinese Diaspora
The book sounds interesting, and though I wouldn't really like to judge their discussion of whether its theoretical framework holds up without having read it, the problems they were raising didn't sound like huge issues to me. I don't think it's bad for Jing Tsu to stake out a fairly complicated or ambivalent position, if she believes that's where the truth sits.
Wang Anshi
Related to the Su Dongpo podcast. These guys could stand to set the stage a bit better, the interrelation of these figures and their setting isn't very clear to relative newbies like myself. "Hymn" is particularly compelling.
Nie Zheng, Assassin
Some more Grand Historian beats, and a neat contention that this is essentially the first recorded instance of a wuxia vibe.
Chloe Zhao and the Three-Character Classic
Just their previous episode on the same, with a new preface. No shade on re-upping, but if you're gonna, consider idk, taking the previous post down, or otherwise streamlining the content so the whole exact same thing doesn't just show up twice?
Haggadah of Kaifeng Jews
Somewhat painful goy self-positioning.
Su Dongpo
An interesting look at poet-statesmen in the Song, the tensions around political reform in the period, and the poem "Waking up on a Boat at Night" in particular. The link will take you to their translation.
Jing Tsu's Sound and Script in the Chinese Diaspora
The book sounds interesting, and though I wouldn't really like to judge their discussion of whether its theoretical framework holds up without having read it, the problems they were raising didn't sound like huge issues to me. I don't think it's bad for Jing Tsu to stake out a fairly complicated or ambivalent position, if she believes that's where the truth sits.
Wang Anshi
Related to the Su Dongpo podcast. These guys could stand to set the stage a bit better, the interrelation of these figures and their setting isn't very clear to relative newbies like myself. "Hymn" is particularly compelling.
Nie Zheng, Assassin
Some more Grand Historian beats, and a neat contention that this is essentially the first recorded instance of a wuxia vibe.
Chloe Zhao and the Three-Character Classic
Just their previous episode on the same, with a new preface. No shade on re-upping, but if you're gonna, consider idk, taking the previous post down, or otherwise streamlining the content so the whole exact same thing doesn't just show up twice?
Haggadah of Kaifeng Jews
Somewhat painful goy self-positioning.
