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Abstract:

Since the Mao Commentary (ca. 2nd鈥�1st centuries BCE), 鈥減oetics鈥� in Chinese has denoted truth-telling through words. But poetry was not the only way that premodern Chinese people understood verbal conduits from the self to the world. Focusing on the relationship between neo-Confucian yulu (鈥渞ecorded sayings鈥�) and huaben (鈥渧ernacular short stories鈥�), I will be examining another tradition of 鈥減oetics,鈥� or how premodern Chinese people denoted the truth. Along the way, I will be considering tongsu (common language)鈥搉ot merely as a synonym for baihua (vernacular), that twentieth-century nationalized language for writing鈥搉or as a vehicle for meaning, but instead as a medium, where what is medium and what is content is ever shifting.

For those interested, you are welcome to watch this 10-minute introduction by Prof. Lu on Ming-dynasty (14th鈥�17th centuries) popular culture before the lecture.

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