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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2014) 1 (1-2): 1–28.
Published: 01 November 2014
...Keith McMahon Abstract Literary and historical sources assumed ulterior, even diabolical, motives in the man who voluntarily became a eunuch. If he was lucky, he could become the ruler's confidant and even usurp imperial power. Focusing on Ming eunuch Wei Zhongxian (1568–1627), the article...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2024) 11 (1): 115–147.
Published: 01 April 2024
..., animate statues, and dumb puppets as vehicles for the expression of collective anger in plays associated with writers in the Suzhou circle. Zhou Shunchang 周順昌 (1584–1626) curses a statue of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢 (1568–1627) in Qingzhong pu 清忠譜 (Registers of the Pure and Loyal); Mao Wenlong 毛文龍(1576–1629...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2021) 8 (2): 307–340.
Published: 01 November 2021
... stanzas make use of play titles and chrarters as similes, metaphors, and ironic overlays to convey the complaints, recriminations, and pangs of sufferings involved in this unhappy relationship. Afterward the tenth and final stanza concludes the song suite as follows: To the tune “Wei” (Coda) 尾...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2016) 3 (1): 175–202.
Published: 01 April 2016
... of heavily annotated Japanese translations of these early editions. The first volume (2007) provided translations of four plays (two by Shang Zhongxian 尚仲賢, viz., San duoshuo 三奪槊 [The Thrice-Stolen Lance] and Qi Ying Bu 氣英布 [Enraging Ying Bu]; and two by Guan Hanqing 關漢卿, viz., Xi Shu meng 西蜀夢 [A Dream...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2021) 8 (1): 113–138.
Published: 01 April 2021
... Shijing 詩經 (Classic of Poetry); the “Music Bureau Songs” of the Han (206 BCE–220 CE) and Wei (220–266) dynasties ( Han Wei yuefu 漢魏樂府); the ci song lyrics of the Tang dynasty, Five dynasties 五代 (907–960), and the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127); and the sanqu songs of the Yuan dynasty. In light...
