Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China

Contents

v Contents Introduction 1 Alan K. L. Chan and Yuet-Keung Lo 1 Court Culture in the Late Eastern Han: The Case of the Hongdu Gate School 9 David R. Knechtges 2 The Patterns and Changes of Literary Patronage in the Han and Wei 41 Jui-Lung Su 3 Wandering in the Ruins: The Shuijing zhu Reconsidered 63 Michael Nylan 4 Evolving Practices of Guan and Liu Xie’s Theory of Literary Interpretation 103 Zong-Qi Cai 5 Narrative in the Self-Presentation of Transcendence-Seekers 133 Robert Ford Campany 6 “Jade Flower” and the Motif of Mystic Excursion in Early Religious Daoist Poetry 165 Timothy Wai-Keung Chan 7 Representing the Uncommon: Temple-Visit Lyrics from the Liang to Sui Dynasties 189 Cynthia L. Chennault 8 Fox as Trickster in Early Medieval China 223 Daniel Hsieh vi Contents 9 Justice, Morality, and Skepticism in Six Dynasties Ghost Stories 251 Mu-chou Poo List of Contributors 275 Index 279 ...