How dangerous can the Peony be? Textual space, Caizi Mudan ting, and naturalizing the erotic

Article Abstract:

An analysis of Caizi Mudan ting, an unconventional edition and rereading of the Tang Xianzu' Peony Pavilion, is presented. Caizi, which is aimed for female readership and banned for its erotic contents, shows how people in eighteenth-century China viewed sexual desire in light of Neo-Confucian moral orthodoxy. Eroticism underlies the commentaries in the work, and it is suggested that the work should be read as strong reaction against the resurgent moralistic teachings of Neo-Confucian orthodoxy in the early Qing.

Analysis, Criticism and interpretation, Neo-Confucianism, Caizi Mudan ting (Book), Peony Pavilion (Book), Erotic literature

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Writing like a man: Poetic literacy, textual property, and gender in the Tosa Diary

Article Abstract:

The relations between femininity and diary writing within the 'Tosa Diary', which comment on the diary's social status as a form of property rather than its linguistic status as a vernacular text, is argued. An attempt is made to unravel, the tenth-century text written in classic Chinese by man in the voice of a woman.

Feminist literature, Feminism and literature

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Presidential address: Virtual kinship, real estate, and Diaspora formation-the Man lineage revisited

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A Presidential address traces the remarkable Diaspora of the Man lineage from San Tin, in Hong Kong's New Territories. The way in which the Diaspora led to a transformation, rather than a diminution of their kinship ties is demonstrated.

United States, Hong Kong, Evaluation, Jews, Asian studies, Jewish diaspora-Israel relations

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