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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2014) 1 (1-2): 1–28.
Published: 01 November 2014
... of the Half-Man Half-Beast ). Beijing : Renmin wenxue chubanshe , 1983 . Tauber, Edward . “ Effects of Castration upon the Sexuality of the Adult Male. ” Psychosomatic Medicine 2 , no. 1 ( 1940 ): 74 – 87 . Torbert, Preston . The Ch'ing Imperial Household Department: A Study of Its...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2022) 9 (1): 105–130.
Published: 01 April 2022
... it, “analyzing pleasure, or beauty, destroys it.” 62 In Robertson's and Fong's studies, Mulvey's concept of the male gaze (minus its Freudian psychoanalytic implications of castration and lack) in classical Hollywood film seemingly finds an unproblematic application in the classic palace-style poetry ( gongti...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2024) 11 (1): 148–171.
Published: 01 April 2024
... identifies a “fundamental contradiction” in Sima Qian's life: he regards Confucius as the ultimate exemplar, whose historical writings epitomize restraint and moderation. However, I would suggest that his profound personal frustration, intensified by the disgraceful punishment of castration that left him...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2019) 6 (2): 432–460.
Published: 01 November 2019
... of an opportunity to leave his father's histories to posterity. 62 As many historically submitted to castration to serve imperial households, it seems likely that some chose to intentionally damage their eyes for the possibility of employment or advancement as “masters of the ear.” In one famous example...
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Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2022) 9 (1): 131–169.
Published: 01 April 2022
... for Han intellectuals—together with the outcry over unjust punishment (as experienced by both Jia Yi and Sima Qian). 64 Jia Yi, just like Qu Yuan, ended exiled to the miasmic south; Sima Qian avoided Qu Yuan's fate of suicide only by submitting to castration. (By that time, Liu An had already been...
