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Feng Menglong
Feng Menglong (1574–1646), courtesy names Youlong (), Gongyu (), Ziyou (), or Eryou (), was a Chinese historian, novelist, and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in Changzhou County, now part of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province. Life Feng was born into a scholar-bureaucrat gentry household, where he and his brothers Feng Menggui () and Feng Mengxiong () were educated in the classics and the traditional gentlemanly arts. He and his brothers, all well-known as accomplished writers, artists, and poets, became known collectively as the "Three Fengs of the Wu Area" (). In spite of his literary talent and his zeal for scholarship from a young age, Feng sat the imperial civil service examinations many times without success, eventually giving up and making a living as a tutor and teacher. In 1626, he narrowly avoided punishment after being implicated as an associate of Zhou Shunchang (), who was purged by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. He resolved to complete his trilogy of vernacular Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féng (surname)
Féng () is a Chinese surname. It is 9th in the Song Dynasty '' Hundred Family Surname'' poem and is reported as the 31st most common Chinese last name in 2006. Unlike the less common Feng surname 鳳 ("phoenix" fourth tone) it is a rising second tone féng in modern Mandarin Chinese. The character itself, is made up of the character for "Horse" with an ice radical consisting of two strokes to the left that is meant to suggest speed or galloping. Historical roots The surname descended from the 15th son of King Wen of Zhou, Gao the Duke of Bi (畢公高), whose last name was Ji. During the Spring and Autumn period, an official of the Zheng kingdom, Feng Jian Zi was awarded the land of Feng (Henan province). The Jin kingdom besieged Feng and gave it to Wei Zhang Qing. Thus descendants of Wei Zhang Qing also have the last name of Feng. The surname originates from the southeast of Chang'an in Shaanxi Province. Variations English spelling variations include: * Feng (Mandar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Washington Press
The University of Washington Press is an American academic publishing house. The organization is a division of the University of Washington, based in Seattle. Although the division functions autonomously, it has worked to assist the university's efforts in support of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education. Since 1915, it has published the works of first-time writers, including students, poets, and artists, along with authors known throughout the world for their work in the humanities, arts, and sciences. The organization's daily operations are conducted out independently of the university, but the imprint is controlled by a committee of faculty members that the university president has selected. Each manuscript must go through a collaborative approval process overseen by the editors and the University Press Committee before being chosen for publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU or HKPU) is a public research university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded in 1937 as the first Government Trade School, it is the first institution to provide technical education in Hong Kong. In 1994, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed a bill which granted the former Hong Kong Polytechnic official university status. PolyU consists of 8 faculties and schools, offering programmes covering applied science, business, construction, environment, engineering, social science, health, humanities, design, hotel and tourism management. The university offers over 160 taught programmes for more than 25,800 students every year. History Government Trade School (1937–1947) In 1937, the Government Trade School was founded at Wood Road, Wan Chai. The school was the first publicly funded, post-secondary technical institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Milburn
Olivia Milburn (born 1976) is a sinologist, author and literary translator who specialises in Chinese cultural history and in Chinese minority groups. Life and career Milburn is a professor at the School of Chinese, Hong Kong University. Milburn grew up in a multilingual family living in eight different countries, and became interested in Chinese literature as a teenager, after reading a translation of the '' Dream of the Red Chamber''. She completed a bachelor's degree at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford in 1998, a master's at Downing College, University of Cambridge in 1999, and a doctorate in classical Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2003. After working as a lecturer at the University of London, she joined Seoul National University in 2008 and was appointed as a professor there in 2017. She started her current role at Hong Kong University in April 2022. Contributions Milburn has authored several books including '' Cher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicles Of The Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
The ''Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms'' () is a Chinese historical novel in 108 chapters written by Feng Menglong in the late Ming dynasty. Set in the Eastern Zhou dynasty, the novel starts from the Chinese kingdom beginning to break apart into smaller states and ends with the first unification of the land accomplished by Qin Shi Huang. It is one of the best-known historical novels regarding ancient China. The novel based its sources from classic texts such as the '' Zuo Tradition'' and the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' and some of the sacred classic books of China such as the ''Book of Rites'' and the ''Classic of Poetry''. File:Harvard drs 53925769 新列國志 v.5.pdf, page=7, Pages from a printed edition of the novel ''Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms'' File:Harvard drs 53925769 新列國志 v.5.pdf, page=8, Pages from a printed edition of the novel ''Chronicles of the East Zhou Kingdoms'' File:Harvard drs 53925769 新列國志 v.5.pdf, page=9, Pages from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiping Guangji
The ''Taiping Guangji'' (), sometimes translated as the ''Extensive Records of the Taiping Era'' or ''Extensive Records of the Taiping Xinguo Period'', is a collection of stories compiled in the early Song dynasty. The work was completed in 978, and printing blocks were cut, but it was prevented from official publication on the grounds that it contained only ''xiaoshuo'' (fiction or "insignificant tellings") and thus "was of no use to students." It circulated in various manuscript copies until it was published in the Ming dynasty. It is considered one of the '' Four Great Books of Song'' (宋四大書). The title refers to the Taiping Xinguo era (太平興國, "great-peace rejuvenate-nation", 976–984 AD), the first years of the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song. The collection is divided into 500 volumes () and consists of about 3 million Chinese characters. It includes 7,021 stories selected from over three hundred books and novels from the Han dynasty to the early Song dynast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingyao Zhuan
''The Three Sui Quash the Demons' Revolt'' (; ), also translated as ''Quelling the Demons' Revolt'' and ''The Sorcerer's Revolt'', is a Chinese novel attributed to the 14th-century novelist Luo Guanzhong, although the earliest extant version was compiled between 1571 and 1589, possibly by Wang Shenxiu (). In 1620 Feng Menglong expanded the novel to forty chapters from the original twenty. A work in the '' shenmo'' genre, the novel blends comedy with the supernatural,Hanan 1981, p. 99 and is an early work of vernacular fiction.Hanan 1971, p. 201 The story is very loosely based on Wang Ze's failed 1047–48 rebellion during the Song dynasty. Synopsis The story is set in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Ze, a military commander, marries the sorceress Hu Yong'er. Hu was conceived after her mother burned an enchanted painting. She was taught magic from a fox spirit, enabling her to conjure armies with her spells.Lu 1959, p. 176 The three sorcerers, Zhang Luan, Bu Ji, and the Egg Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Birch
Cyril Birch (16 March 1925 – 19 May 2023) was a British-American sinologist who is known for his translations of Chinese literature. He was the Agassiz Professor in Chinese and Comparative Literature at University of California, Berkeley before his retirement. Biography Birch was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, and went to school at Bolton School. In 1941, when he was 16 years old he was accepted into a government program to learn Chinese, and attended a crash course in Chinese language for eighteen months at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. In 1944 he was commissioned into the British Army as a lieutenant, and sent to Calcutta in India to work for Intelligence Corps. In 1947, Birch was discharged from the army, and he returned to England, where he studied for a BA degree in Modern Chinese at SOAS. He received a first class degree in 1948, and then continued studying Chinese literature at SOAS as a graduate student under the supervision of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stories To Caution The World
''Jingshi Tongyan'' (警世通言, ''Stories to Caution the World'') is the second of a trilogy of widely celebrated Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Vernacular literature, vernacular story collections, compiled and edited by Feng Menglong and published in 1624. The first compilation, called ''Illustrious Words to Instruct the World, Gujin Xiaoshuo'' (古今小説) (''Stories Old and New''), which is sometimes also referred to as ''Yushi Mingyan'' (喻世明言) (''Stories to Enlighten the World'' or ''Illustrious Words to Instruct the World'') was published in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Suzhou in 1620. The third publication was called ''Xingshi hengyan'' (醒世恒言) (''Stories to Awaken the World''), and was published in 1627. These three collections, often referred to as ''Sanyan'' (三言, "Three Words") because of the character ''yan'' (言) found at the end of each title, each contain 40 stories. Genre ''Jingshi Tongyan'' is considered to be a huaben (话本), that is, short novel or nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stories To Awaken The World
''Stories to Awaken the World'' (醒世恆言; ''Xingshi Hengyan''), is a Chinese story anthology compiled by Feng Menglong and published in 1627, composed of 40 vernacular stories. It follows '' Stories Old and New'' (1620) and ''Stories to Caution the World ''Jingshi Tongyan'' (警世通言, ''Stories to Caution the World'') is the second of a trilogy of widely celebrated Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Vernacular literature, vernacular story collections, compiled and edited by Feng Menglong and published ...'' (1624). List of stories Translated titles in this table mainly follow those by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang in Titles used by other translators are listed as bullet points. See also * May you live in interesting times Notes References ''Stories to Awaken the World'' – University of Washington Press {{3Y2P Chinese anthologies 1627 books Short stories by Feng Menglong Chinese short story collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Infanticide In China
China has a history of female infanticide which spans 2,000 years. When Mission (Christianity), Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed newborns being thrown into rivers or onto rubbish piles. In the seventeenth century Matteo Ricci documented that the practice occurred in several of China's provinces and said that the primary reason for the practice was poverty. The practice continued into the 19th century and declined precipitously after the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, but reemerged as an issue after the PRC government introduced the one-child policy in the early 1980s. The 2020 census showed a male-to-female ratio of 105.07 to 100 for mainland China, a record low since the People's Republic of China (PRC) began conducting censuses. Every year in the PRC and India alone, there are close to two million instances of some form of female infanticide. History Confucianism has an influence on female infanticide in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leifeng Pagoda
Leifeng Pagoda is a five story tall tower with eight sides, located on Sunset Hill south of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Originally constructed in the year AD 975, it collapsed in 1924 but was rebuilt in 2002. Since then, it has become a popular tourist attraction. As a protected cultural heritage unit, the Ten Views of West Lake - Leifeng Sunset consists of the Sunset Hill, Leifeng Pagoda, the Imperial Monument (rebuilt in recent years) and the courtyard and other buildings. History Original The original pagoda was built in 975 AD, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, at the order of King Zhongyi (Qian Chu) of Wuyue for his favorite concubine, Consort Huang. The Leifeng Pagoda was an octagonal, five-story structure built of brick and wood with a base built of bricks. During the Ming dynasty, Japanese pirates attacked Hangzhou. Suspecting the pagoda contained weapons, they burned its wooden elements, leaving only the brick skeleton, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
