The Halberd at Red Cliff : : Jian'an and the Three Kingdoms / / Xiaofei Tian

• Superior document: Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 108
• VerfasserIn: Tian, Xiaofei, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2018.; Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 108.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 454 Seiten) :; Karte

"The writings of the Jian'an era lay the foundation of China's classical poetry and literary criticism and its personages and events have inspired works of historical fiction and drama throughout Chinese history. This book investigates how these associations were closely related in their origins and subsequent metamorphoses"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Part I. The plague: Chapter 1. Plague and poetry: rethinking Jian'an -- Introduction: looking back -- "Dead poets society" -- Ye's gathering -- Remembrance, remembered: double recesses of memory -- The Jian'an that is unlike "Jian'an": the case of Ruan Yu, and others -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Circling the tree thrice: lord, vassal, community -- Introduction: Wang Can's jade pendant -- Food and feast: The ideal feast -- Perspectives on food -- A man of taste -- Gifts, letters, exchange: Give and take -- Ownership and competition: A dark exchange: the three good men -- Conclusion: Language of desire and Wang Can's avian metamorphosis -- Part II. The bronze bird: Chapter 3. The southern perspective: fan writing -- Introduction: the southern perspective -- The fan -- An account of Luoyang -- Bronze bird -- Fan writing -- The poetics of unified empire -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Terrace and tile: imagining a lost city -- Introduction: views of Ye -- Ascending the terrace: early writings -- Changed view from the terrace -- Variations -- Fragmentation -- Conclusion -- Part III. The Red Cliff: Chapter 5. Restoring the broken halberd -- Introduction: the broken halberd -- Going local, getting personal: the governor of Huangzhou -- The southern turn in the ninth century -- Owning Red Cliff -- Dongpo's Chibi -- A story-teller's vision -- The reel Red Cliff -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. The return of the repressed -- Appendix I. Red Cliff poems -- Appendix II. A duel of wits across the river between the Two Army Counselors.