The Southern Garden Poetry Society: Literary Culture and Social Memory in Guangdong

Contents

Table of Contents Preface vii Introduction ix Illustrations xv Part One: Literary Culture in Guangdong Chapter One: The Southern Muse 3 Daoist and Aquatic Images 5 The Importance of Zhang Jiuling 11 “Fu on the Lichee” 11 Li Maoying as Prose Stylist 22 Yu Jing: Blending Water and Rock 25 Protestations of Patriotism 30 The Three Great Masters of Lingnan 31 Conclusions 41 Chapter Two: Chinese Poetry Societies and the Southern Garden 43 Literary Clubs in the West 43 Early Chinese Poetry Societies 45 The Moon Springs Chanting Society 48 Poetry Societies in Guangzhou 50 Literati Sociality In and Out of Poetry Societies: The Case of Liang Peilan 56 The Fuqiu Poetry Society 58 The Original Southern Garden Poetry Society 60 The Life of Sun Fen 61 Biographical Sketches of the Four Gentlemen of Guangzhou 64 Chapter Three: Sun Fen and Socializing in the Southern Garden 69 Chapter Four: Li De and Individual Introspection in the Southern Garden 81 Part Two: The Transmission of Social Memory Chapter Five: Southern Garden, Mid-Ming to Early Qing 95 The Five Later Masters of the Southern Garden 95 Chen Zizhuang and the Twelve Masters of the Southern Garden 104 Chapter Six: The Southern Garden During the Late Qing 119 Zhang Weiping as Owner-Caretaker 122 Scholars at the Sea of Learning on the Southern Garden 130 The Later Southern Garden Poetry Society 135 Chapter Seven: The Southern Garden, Republican Period 143 Refuge for a Refugee: Qiu Fengjia in the Southern Garden 143 Chen Rong, the Old Man of Yong Garden 150 The Five Modern Masters of the Southern Garden 154 Envoi 163 Notes 165 Abbreviations 225 Bibliography 227 Index 241 vi Table of Contents ...