The I Ching: An Interview
I talked with the wonderful Richard Smith recently about his elegant and readable new biography of the I Ching. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The I Ching: An Interview
Tag: History of China
The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: An Interview
Gene Cooper and I talked recently about his new book on the “red fire” of market and temple fairs in eastern China. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: An Interview
The Poetics of Sovereignty: An Interview
I had the pleasure of speaking with the very thoughtful Jack Chen about his recent book on literature, rulership, and a fascinating emperor of the Tang Dynasty. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Poetics of Sovereignty: An Interview
The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism: An Interview
Michael Ing and I recently spoke about his new book on the perils and possibilities of failure in early Chinese ritual texts. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism: An Interview
Picturing the True Form: An Interview
I recently spoke with Susan Huang about her gorgeous new book on Daoist visual culture. You can listen to it here. Continue reading Picturing the True Form: An Interview
Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: An Interview
I recently spoke with Christopher Nugent about his excellent recent book on Tang poetry and its material history. It was great fun, and you can listen to it here. Continue reading Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: An Interview
The Emperor’s New Mathematics: An Interview
I had the pleasure of talking with historian Catherine Jami recently about her new book on science and mathematics during Kangxi’s reign. This one will be of interest to both historians of science and scholars of Chinese history. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Emperor’s New Mathematics: An Interview
Concepts and Categories of Emotion in East Asia: An Interview
I recently spoke with Giusi Tamburello about her recent edited volume on emotions in East Asia. You can listen to it here. Continue reading Concepts and Categories of Emotion in East Asia: An Interview
Gilded Voices: An Interview
I recently spoke with Qiliang He about his new book on pingtan storytelling, Gilded Voices: Economics, Politics, and Storytelling in the Yangzi Delta since 1949. Good stuff! Check it out here. Continue reading Gilded Voices: An Interview
The Monkey And the Inkpot
The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China (Harvard University Press, 2009) The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. This first book-length study in English of Li’s text reveals a “cabinet of curiosities” of … Continue reading The Monkey And the Inkpot
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