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...Qi Dongfang (齊東方); 齊東方 Abstract As an iconic strategy game, go ( weiqi ) has long played an important cultural role throughout East Asia. This article examines representations of go in a variety of essays and especially poems. In doing so, it demonstrates that go was hardly a mere pastime, good...

... an independent life and a self-image, echoed by observers, of Daoist detachment from the proverbial dust of the world while cultivating relationships with prominent male mentors and female artists across Jiangnan. As poet, painter, and player of the zither and the game of Go, Wang Liang at times articulated...

... also go on to prescribe several principles for creating refined sound patterns in poetry. 39 To Shen Yue, sound refinement was not a struggle, but the basis of good poetry. In his own poetic compositions— shi as well as fu —he put his concept of refined sounds into practice, resulting in many...

... is like going down a rabbit hole. I have had strange, problematic, complicated feelings and sometimes pleasant surprises in tracing references of the book. To address my feelings while tracing the references of Mühlhahn's book, I must first acknowledge, as I have stated in the previous paragraphs...

... of Wang in his abandonment of Di Bajie that is highlighted here. The narrative goes out of its way to tell us how smugly pleased Wang felt as he watched Bajie drown herself. Such is the selfishness and inhumanity of merchants in these stories, which cannot go unpunished. Wealth itself, however...

... it is inextricably linked to Chinese culture, it is arrayed as one of the “four elegant arts” to be mastered by a gentleman ( qin , go [chess], calligraphy, painting). 4 From the Wei-Jin period (220–589), the saying prevailed, “The qin to the left and calligraphy to the right.” 5 This showed how necessary...

... significant stylistic emendations to ensure papers are in good, clear English. After special editing, translated and coauthored manuscripts go through the standard editorial process, along with other accepted submissions. The standard editorial process consists of four stages: (1) editing and copyediting...

... force in a continuum, while the line between the subject + predicate and the topic + comment blurs. Going over his research, one simply must marvel at the serious attention he pays to the “subjective” traditional criticism. However, in his negotiation with the wisdom of traditional critics, Cai...

..., so 2 + 2 becomes the distinctive prosodic rhythm of tetrasyllabic shi poetry. Depending on the words chosen, this 2 + 2 rhythm enacts either a subject+predicate or a topic+comment construction: peach tree this yao yao 桃之夭夭 zhuo zhuo its flowers 灼灼其華 this girl going...

... the paradigmatic vs. the syntagmatic Suppose I. A. Richards, famously known for his experiment of teaching poetry “by isolating the text from history and context,” 1 gives his students the following poem: The phoenix cover and the lovebird curtain are nearby Where I would go if I could get...

... was tough and challenging in Ningguta, but this is not the place to go into details. To make a long story short, three years later, in late 1661, the Fangs bought their freedom with fiscal donations to public works projects. They returned impoverished to China, depended on the mercy of others, and led...

... ge 金曰從革), and so forth. In the “Treatise on the Five Phases,” Ban Gu, citing the earlier scholar Liu Xin 劉歆 (ca. 46 BCE–23 CE), elaborates: “When metal does not go along with change, it loses its nature” 金不從革，失其性也. 33 Subsequent exegetes generally understood “going along with change...

... of Yangzhou , and Altenburger, Wan, and Børdahl, Yangzhou, a Place in Literature . Thanks go to the two anonymous reviewers who supplied me with corrections and excellent suggestions for improvement. Thanks also go to Cai Zong-qi for making the publication process go smoothly. The last...

..., and this involved releasing her from her duties as government entertainer (or allowing her to abscond) and her going into hiding at the house of a relative of his in Huangyan, not far away. Of course, Yan Rui doesn't broach that part of the plan in the song. She restricts herself to talking vaguely about her...

... Water does flow, following the twisting banks, 水流隨岸曲 6 And my sail fills when the wind soars. 帆勢任風騰 Going and staying, fundamentally I am attached to neither, 去住本無著 8 A master of Chan severs all love and hate. 禪家絕愛憎 There is an apparent conflict between Buddhist ideals...

... is able to let go of resentment toward their offender. By Confucius's definition, we forgive when we are capable of imagining ourselves doing the same thing in the offender's position. But it is probably hard for the victim to rationalize the offender's aggression in reality. In general, scholars...

..., a Buddhist apprentice at Dinghui Temple in Suzhou, said to Mai, “Why worry so much? Huizhou is not as far away as heaven. If one keeps going, one will get there. I will carry your regards to your father.” Across mountains and rivers Qishun walked on foot, staying outdoors at night, sometimes collapsing from...