Grief in a Fallen City: Du Fu's Ever-Present Histories
3 Juni 201625min
Moonstruck: Wandering the Galaxy with Li Bai
3 Juni 201618min
'Cause I'm the Taxman: The Voyages of Yu Gong
29 Maj 201620min
Emperor Shen's New Groove: Song Dynasty Exam Reform and Modern Chinese Exam Culture
19 Maj 201627min
How to be A/Political: The Seven Books of the Sun
The great romantic martyr of contemporary Chinese poetry, who killed himself at the age of 25 in 1989, Hai Zi is one of the most studied, recited, and well-known poets of the 20th century in China. Po...
9 Maj 201624min
Narration and Revolution: The True Story of Ah Q
How does a low-life moron become one of the great tragic figures in modern Chinese culture? Lu Xun's 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q, a masterpiece of the May 4th Movement, presents just such a si...
4 Maj 201629min
Censure and Celebration: Jiang Xingge Re-Encounters His Pearl Shirt
One of the most acclaimed 话本 (hua ben - vernacular short stories) in Feng Menglong's 1620 collection Stories Old and New (tr. Yang Shuhui and Yang Yunqin). We discuss the question of irony in a story ...
9 Apr 201628min
Tower for the Summer Heat
Here we talk about telescopes, gods, and the peculiar anxiety that results when a foreign civilization circumvents established domestic social rules.
6 Apr 201629min
