Session 13: Discussion of assigned Chinese premodern texts, second of three sessions

Topics for this session

❖ Chinese premodern texts: Story of the Stone, second of three sessions
❖ Wuxing (五行, Five Elements) in Stone

Thoughts*

We discuss "worldviews" and how they set out different cause-and-effect models used in narratives. In this case we look at the "Five Elements" in Story of the Stone to consider the relationship between Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai.

Required—to be completed for today's session

✓ Optional reading JSTOR: The "Deficiency of Yin in the Liver": Dai-yu's Malady and Fubi in "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Chi-hung Yim in Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) , Vol. 22, (Dec., 2000), pp. 85-111 at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3109444

This article discusses the five elements as an important component to the Story of the Stone.

Texts, multimedia notes, links*

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Other*

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*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.

*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio that is not elsewhere mentioned, I usually include that information here for the curious, sometime after the class (since I often make last-minute decisions about including something). It might take a while and sometimes I forget. You can email me.

*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.