538 research outputs found
Ai versus xiao. The Expression of Love in the Novel Jinghua yuan. A Preliminary Approach
No full textThe Country of Women as Metaphor of Disorder. Some Reflections on Three Chinese Novels
No full textIn this brief study I will explore some of the ways in which the Country of Women is represented in three late imperial novels, and how it is used as a metaphor for disorder and temptation due to its feminine nature, which is viewed as being more easily carried away by emotions and impulses
Destini dei fiori nello specchio, romanzo cinese del XIX secolo di Li Ruzhen. Introduzione, traduzione dal cinese e note di Donatella Guida
No full textScritto nei primi anni del XIX secolo, Destini dei fiori nello specchio
è considerato l’ultimo grande classico dell’epoca imperiale cinese.
Il romanzo, unica opera del filologo e insigne linguista Li Ruzhen,
è qui presentato per la prima volta in Italia nei 40 capitoli iniziali
che ne costituiscono la parte di maggior rilevanza.
Complesso gioco letterario costruito come un divertissement, il
testo si snoda su molteplici piani: il mondo ultraterreno, l’Impero
Celeste dell’epoca Tang (VII-X secolo d.C.) e gli immaginari paesi
d’oltremare.
La vicenda ha inizio quando la dispotica Imperatrice Wu Zetian
ordina a tutti i fiori dei giardini imperiali di sbocciare in pieno
inverno. Le Fate dei Fiori acconsentono, contravvenendo alle leggi
celesti, e vengono così condannate a “scendere nella polvere rossa”,
ovvero a incarnarsi come esseri mortali sulla Terra. I loro destini
si incroceranno con quello di Tang Ao, funzionario imperiale che,
degradato al rango inferiore di xiucai per le sue sovversive amicizie,
decide di abbandonare la carriera accademica e intraprendere un
lungo viaggio per mare alla ricerca dell’immortalità.
Elementi fantastici, storici e satirici si intrecciano in una narrazione
ricca di influenze taoiste, buddiste e confuciane dando vita a una
grande celebrazione della cultura cinese in tutte le sue espressioni
Ming Taizu on the Yuan Dynasty: between Ethnicity and Legitimation
No full textMing dynasty has often been depicted as the victorious restoration of Han Chinese domination on Mongol tribes. I will try to show that the negative references to the origin of the foreign Yuan, which apparently are at odds with the praise to Qubilai, are instrumental in the construction of Ming Taizu’s legitimacy as the founder of a new dynasty. The Yuan legacy was, in fact, profound, as demonstrated by the institutional, legal and military elements derived from the previous dynasty. For this purpose, I will examine specific statements by Ming Taizu both on the Yuan dynasty and on its founder Shizu (Qubilai), recorded in official sources such as the Veritable Records, and I will also draw on some more “personal” writings, such as the Ming Taizu ji 明太祖集, among the huge number of documents written by the emperor himself
La politica estera dai Ming ai Qing: gli Uffici di Traduzione (Siyiguan) e d'Interpretariato (Huitongguan)
No full textElke Papelitzky, Writing World History in Late Ming China and the Perception of Maritime Asia, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2020, pp.240
No full textAliens and emperors: Mongolian faithful officials in the Ming History
No full textThe nine biographies of Mongol officials recorded in the Ming History are not only a useful element to trace the Mongol enduring presence at the highest levels of Ming court, but also a political way to demonstrate the close and continuous relation with this ethnic group until the very end of the dynasty. Besides, since the History was compiled under the Manchu dynasty’s auspices, it may give some hints about their own relation with the Mongol allies
Luca Gabbiani (ed.), Urban Life in China (15th-20th century). Communities, Institutions, Representations, Études thématiques 27, École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2016, pp. 359, ISBN 978-2-85539-147-2.
No full textElisabeth Kindall, Geo-Narratives of a Filial Son. The Paintings and Travel Diaries of Huang Xiangjian (1609-1673), Harvard East Asian monographs 389, Cambridge (Mass.) and London, Harvard University Press, 2016, xviii-481, ISBN 978-0.674-08843-6
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