Building Shanghai, one page at a time: the aesthetics of installment fiction at the turn of the century

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An overview is presented on Chinese fiction writing and publication during the Ch'ing (Qing) dynasty's final two decades, at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The popularity of the installment or serial fiction format can be attributed to its spatial and temporal consistency of content, the psychological addiction created by interruption of the narrative line, and the complexity of subjects.

Criticism and interpretation, Critical Essay, Shanghai, China, Chinese fiction, Serialized fiction

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From teahouse to playhouse: theaters as social texts in early-twentieth-century China

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An overview is presented on the teahouse as social performative space during the end of the Ch'ing (Qing) dynasty, in the first decade of the 20th century. Topics include the rise of Peking Opera, the political and cultural significance of seating arrangements, the permeability of audience and stage areas, and representation and discipline as strategies of power.

Theatrical producers and services, Theater Arts, Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters, Theater, Tea rooms

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Sima Tan and the invention of Daoism, "legalism," et cetera

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The author believes that the writer Sima Tan, a court astrologer in the 2nd century B.C. was the first to coin the Chinese language equivalent of our word suffix "-ism." Sima Tan used "ism" terminology to describe various beliefs and philosophies rather than call them the teachings of Confucius or the teachings of the Dao.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Philosophy, Terminology, Works, Chinese language, Sima Tan

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