{"title":"Hartmut Walravens (ed.), Stanislas Julien – Wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz über China mit Schilling von Canstadt, Klaproth, Endlicher, Gabelentz, und A. von Humboldt. Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2021. 110 pp. Illustrations, Indices. € 12.99 (PB). ISBN 978–3-7526–4182–0","authors":"Liang Xuetao","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2023.2198425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2023.2198425","url":null,"abstract":"direction. In summary, this is a most welcome collection of articles on Macau’s earliest “real” newspaper and its socio-political “backstage.” Put differently, it is a wellinformed contribution to Macau’s history in the early nineteenth century, and thereby also to the history of Luso-Chinese relations in that period. The questions posed are straightforward and clear, the answers found are based on careful research and equally convincing. As is always the case with collective volumes, there are some printing errors, but that does notmatter verymuch. Readers interested in the history of early European journalism in the Far East and of the political history in the greater area of Central Guangdong and Macau will find this volume very useful.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"62 1","pages":"262 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79836219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jesuit Mission and Submission: Qing Rulership and the Fate of Christianity in China, 1644–1735","authors":"D. E. Mungello","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131853","url":null,"abstract":"and worth more historians’ attention. The Aura of Confucius is a model study of a single place and its sources, treated in depth and breadth. It brings fresh detail to the social history of the Lower Yangtze region and usefully expands the boundaries of conventional art history. By examining the difficulties in making Kongzhai flourish, Murray also makes significant additions to our increasing understanding of both Chinese institution-building and the complex afterlife of Master Kong. Reflecting on Kongzhai’s past in 2020, Julia Murray was not optimistic about its future. However, as James Robson noted in a book launch on April 22, 2022, one may not need to be so pessimistic. Today, far flimsier connections can and do undergird popular tourist destinations. The residences of famous families are safely promoted, newly wealthy patrons are anxious to create and demonstrate cultural and social status, and Confucius himself, while still something of a wild card, has again been taken up by the governing powers. Exciting research lies ahead. Stay tuned.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"101 1","pages":"557 - 559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80604517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The World's Countability","authors":"V. Vetrov","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131815","url":null,"abstract":"Academic discussions of the count/mass distinction in Chinese feature three general problems, upon which this essay critically reflects: 1) Most studies focus either on modern or on classical Chinese, thus representing parallel discussions that never intersect; 2) studies on count/mass grammar are often detached from reflections on count/mass semantics, which results in serious theoretical and terminological flaws; 3) approaches to Chinese often crucially depend on observations of English grammar and semantics, as, e.g., many/much vs. few/little patterns, the use of plural inflections, etc., which is seldom justified. This article investigates the relevant discourse on the count/mass issue in classical and modern Chinese and concludes with exploring two distinct areas related to countability: the semantics of singular in contexts in which objects are introduced as referential-indefinite and the semantics of number and countability as revealed in diangu.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"18 1","pages":"457 - 497"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74971586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whispering in Early China","authors":"J. Petersen","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131792","url":null,"abstract":"The word ouyu occurs with some frequency in early Chinese literature, signifying “to whisper” or “to murmur.” It is frequently associated with expressing dissatisfaction in a furtive manner and with behaving in an undisciplined or indecorous way. In this article, I cover all significant instances of this word that occur in Song and pre-Song sources and find them to be about whispering for different reasons, in different contexts and with different consequences. According to the Shiji, the First Emperor of the Qin banned ouyu about the Documents and the Odes (ouyu Shi Shu). This is the earliest attested use of the term and the passage is usually interpreted to mean that the First Emperor prohibited people from congregating to criticise his government by reference to past lore as narrated in the Documents and the Odes. This would make it the only instance in the available literature where ouyu is about anything. I argue that the commonly accepted interpretation rests on a misinterpretation of the early commentaries and suggest that the characters Shi Shu may be the result of a corruption in Shiji. What the Qin emperor outlawed was the activity of whispering as such – if people talked conspiratorially in a subdued voice, the regime saw this as proof that they harboured rebellious intentions and therefore deserved public execution, with no further evidence needed. In the last section, I discuss some literary senses of ou. I have previously argued that some of these are helpful to understanding the Qin Burning of the Books; I now dismiss them as irrelevant, since the widely attested use of ouyu as “to whisper” fully explains the Qin regime’s efforts to quell criticism of its rule, as well as all later uses of the word in similar contexts.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"44 1","pages":"297 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83015913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Aura of Confucius: Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai","authors":"S. Naquin","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131849","url":null,"abstract":"punkt ist Sima Guangs Essay über seinen „Garten des Einsamen Glücks“ („Du le yuan ji“ 獨樂園記). Schon der von Sima Guang gewählte Name ist eine Provokation gegen Menzius und dessen Diktum, dass man wahres Glück nicht allein und einsam, sondern am besten in Gemeinschaft erlebt. Dagegen vertritt Sima Guang die These, dass erst das Bewusstsein des alleinigen Besitzes – in seinen Worten: „Das alles gehört mir!“ (xi wei ji you 悉為己有) – ihm das wahre Glücksgefühl vermittelt. Die Diskussionen berühren damals vieldiskutierte Themen wie den Gegensatz von Staatsund Privatbesitz, die Preise von Kunstgegenständen, die Konfrontation mit antiken moralischen Werten, den hohen Wert von Muße, Natur, Kunst und Freundschaft. Sie illustrieren den in der Song-Dynastie sich vollziehenden Übergang zu neuen Wertvorstellungen und Lebensformen. Da der vorliegende Band berühmte, oft zitierte Texte behandelt, sind zahlreiche Argumente recht bekannt. Dabei kann man sich die Frage stellen, was vielleicht auch damals schon Floskeln bzw. allgemeine Lebensweisheiten waren. Tatsächlich sind uns ähnliche Einsichten auch im Westen recht vertraut. Sie spiegeln sich in Sprüchen und Schlagworten wie „Geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude“, „Kunst und Kommerz“, „Überfluss macht abhängig“ oder „Wenig Besitz ist der beste Schutz“. Das vorliegende Werk ist nicht nur eine anregende, sondern auch recht unterhaltsame Lektüre. Owen geht es nicht um umwälzende neue Erkenntnisse, sondern um einen neuen Blick. Durch die Diskussion von Einzelszenen entstehen lebendige Bilder des damaligen Lebens und Treibens, die zu einem vertieftem und oft überraschenden Verständnis vergangener Texte und Zeiten führen. Interessant ist auch das Experiment, am Ende des Buches alle vorher anhand isolierter Einzelzitate diskutierten Texte noch einmal vollständig im chinesischen Original und in englischer Übersetzung zu präsentieren. Dies gibt dem Leser die Freiheit zu einem eigenen Rückblick und auch zu weiteren Entdeckungen.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"71 1","pages":"551 - 557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88494598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Annotated Translation of Fang Yizhi's Commentary on Zhuangzi's “Butterfly Dream” Story","authors":"John R. Williams","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131807","url":null,"abstract":"A glimpse is provided into the Zhuangzi (Master Zhuang) commentary of Fang Yizhi (1611–1671), Yaodi pao Zhuang (Monk Yaodi Distills the Essence of the Zhuangzi), by providing the first translation of all the remarks on the famous butterfly story from the end of the “Qiwulun” (Discourse on Equalizing Things) chapter. The bricolage (pinzhuang) structure of Fang’s text, with layer upon layer of intertextuality (huwenxing), is preserved throughout, thereby giving insights into the structure as well as the content of the text.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"85 1","pages":"405 - 422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88779809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taiwan Maritime Landscapes from Neolithic to Early Modern Times","authors":"R. Ptak","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131830","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"24 1","pages":"533 - 538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87456094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Richard Wilhelm: Der Sinologe und seine Kulturmission in China und Frankfurt","authors":"T. Zimmer","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131877","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"575 - 577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75164764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought: How the Shijing Shaped the Chinese Philosophical Tradition","authors":"Y. Grebnev","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131835","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"541 - 543"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82576627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Han Feizi and the Earliest Exegesis of Zuozhuan","authors":"Y. Pines","doi":"10.1080/02549948.2022.2131797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2022.2131797","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter “Objections 4” (“Nan 4”) occupies a peculiar position in Han Feizi. It comprises four historical anecdotes, each of which is centered on a speech or a short utterance that summarizes its moralizing message. Then an objector refutes this message by confronting it with a broader historical perspective, and a second debater refutes his predecessor’s views. In my essay I argue that not only are the first three anecdotes evidently borrowed from Zuozhuan, but, more significantly, the ensuing debate is based on surprisingly deep knowledge of Zuozhuan in general rather than of the specific anecdotes. The authors skillfully utilize the Zuozhuan narrative’s multivalence to undermine the moralizing message which transpires in the individual anecdotes. This reading of “Objections 4” chapter as an early ideological exegesis of Zuozhuan sheds a new light both on the early circulation of Zuozhuan and on the role of historical arguments in Han Feizi.","PeriodicalId":41653,"journal":{"name":"Monumenta Serica-Journal of Oriental Studies","volume":"86 1","pages":"341 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85578088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}