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“Adorned with Every Mark of Dignity” (Wu suo bu pei) (Li)
ambiguity/indeterminacy
in communication
social consequences of
Analects
Another Book to Burn (Xu Fenshu)
posthumous prefaces
Another Book to Keep (Hidden) (Xu Cangshu)
appearance vs. reality
“Appraisal of Liu Xie” (Zan Liu Xie) (Li)
Aristotle
Art of War (Sunzi)
authenticity
as basis of economic value
in Don Quixote
emotional basis of, in literature
and falsity, as intellectual concern
produced by paradox. See also books
“Author’s Preface” (Zi xu) (Li)
Bacon, Francis
Advancement of Learning
Essays
bagu wen. See examination essays
Bembo, Pietro
Bentley, Tamara Heimarck
Bible
Genesis and origins of language in
Bibliander, Theodor
“Biography of Li Wenling” (Li Wenling zhuan) (Yuan)
bluff
defined. See under Li Zhi
Bo Yi and Shu Qi
Bodin, Jean
Book to Burn, A (Fenshu)
as assemblage of genres
commentary on
date of publication
preface to
Book of Changes/Classic of Changes (Yijing):
“Appended Sayings” (Xi ci zhuan)
Book to Keep (Hidden), A (Cangshu)
“Biographies of Confucian Historians: Sima Tan and Sima Qian”
“Famous Ministers who Enriched the Country”
“Famous Ministers who Enriched the Country” preface to
preface (Li)
preface (Liu)
preface (Mei)
preface (Zhu)
Book of Rites (Liji)
books: authenticity of, as concern
burning
early modern book culture
forgery/piracy of
multiplicity of editions
unauthorized editions. See under censorship; connoisseurship; printing
Bowen, Barbara
Bo Yi and Shu Qi
Brook, Timothy
Browne, Sir Thomas
Buddhism
eyes, different types of
head shaving and
Pure Land. See also Chan
Burton, Robert
calligraphy
Cang Jie
Cangshu. See Another Book to Burn
Cangshu shiji liezhuan zongmu qianlun. See “Preface to the Combined ‘Dynastic Records’ and ‘Biographies’ of A Book to Keep (Hidden)”
censorship: in China
in Europe
Cervantes, Miguel de
Don Quixote
Chan. See also paradox
Chen Hongshou
“Venerating Antiquity” playing cards
Chen Jiru
childlike mind (tongxin)
Chinese language: European views of
origins of
origins of written language
transparency (purity) of
vernacular
wen and
Chow Kai-wing
Chutanji. See Upon Arrival at the Lake
Ciceronianism. See also Erasmus Pietro Bembo
Classic of Poetry (Shijing)
“Great Preface” to
Cloister (Temple) of the Flourishing Buddha
clothing
python robes
as reflecting personal character
social order and
sumptuary laws and
wen and
Clunas, Craig
commentary
adversarial commentary. See under Li Zhi
Commentary on the Four Books (Si shu ping) (Li)
Confucianism, Confucius
cultural continuity and
hair, consideration of
Neo-Confucianism
poetry and/poetics of
five relationships in
Six Classics. See also Analects; examination system; rectification of names
connoisseurship: book and painting collecting/collectors
in Europe
contradiction
corruption
of language
Croix du Maine, François Grudé de la: Bibliothèque françoise
Cruz, Gaspar da
counterfeiting: of coins
of coins, punishment for
of identity
of virtue
Dao gu lu. See Record of the Antiquity of the Dao
demonetization
Deng Huoqu
Deng Lincai (Shiyang)
Deng Yingqi (Dingshi)
disease, as metaphor for social ills
Disputing A Book to Burn (Fenshu bian)
dizi (disciple)
Don Quixote (Cervantes)
preface to
Donne, John
doubt
Dragon Lake
drama
commentaries on. See under Li Zhi
Du Bellay, Joachim: Défense et illustration de la langue française
Du shu le. See “On the Joy of Reading”
Dürer, Albrecht
“Satirical subject; study of three laborers”
early modernities: common formal elements
“horizontal continuities” in
economy, of China
world economy
editing
emotion, in literature:
as source of authenticity
Erasmus
The Ciceronian
Essays (Montaigne)
“De l’amitié” (On Friendship)
“Apologie de Raimond Sebond” (Apology for Raymond Sebond)
“Divers evenements de mesme conseil” (Various Outcomes of the Same Plan)
“De l’experience” (On Experience)
“De la gloire” (Of Glory)
“De l’institution des enfans” (Of the Education of Children)
“Au lecteur” (To the Reader)
“Des Menteurs” (Of Liars)
prefaces (Gournay)
“De la vanité” (Of Vanity)
ethics
literary imitation and. See also virtue
examination system: bypassing of
examination essays (bagu wen)
Li’s books and
study guides
expression: involuntary
eyes
“of flesh”
as organs of interpretation
falsity/falsification. See authenticity
Feng Menglong
Fenshu. See A Book to Burn
forgery
Foucault, Michel
friend (pengyou)/friendship
falsity of
judgment of true/false
soul mate (zhiyin)
Fugu pai. See Return to Antiquity Movement
Gankai pingsheng. See “Reflections on my Life”
Geng Dingli
Geng Dingxiang
Gesner, Konrad
Bibliotheca Universalis
Gong’an School (Gong’an pai)
Gournay, Marie de
Grafton, Anthony
Gu Yanwu: Records of Daily Knowledge (Rizhi lu)
Guanzi
Guazzo, Stefano
Han Feizi
He Jiaoyuan
He Jingming
He Xinyin.
He Yuming
head shaving
heretic (yiduan)
Historical Records (Shiji) (Sima)
history, writing of
Hu Yinglin
Huang, Martin
Huang Zongxi
hypocrisy
verbal
identity: and clothing
doubled/mistaken
imposture/counterfeit identity
imitation: of the classics in China
of clothing; in literature
critique of, in China
critique of, in Europe
poetry and, in Europe
indeterminacy. See ambiguity
inflation: paper currency and, in China
of money, in Europe
of prices
“An Inscription for the Image of Confucius in the Cloister of the Flourishing Buddha” (Ti Kongzi xiang yu Zhifo Yuan”) (Yi)
interpretation, concerns regarding
of Li’s physical appearance
of monetary value. See also judgment
irony
Jia Yi: “Discourse on Dress” (Fuyi)
Jiang Yihua
Jiang Yingke
Jiao Hong (Moling, Rihuo, Yiyuan)
preface to Another Book to Burn
preface to A Book to Keep (Hidden)
Jin ping mei. See Plum in the Golden Vase
Jin Shengtan
Johns, Adrian
Jonson, Ben
Journey to the West (Xiyou ji)
judgment: of book editions as legitimate/forged
failure of
of meaning
Lang Ying
language: crisis of meaning
as mirror of society
theorizing of, in Europe
vernacular, in Europe
vernacular fiction, in China
word inflation/deflation. See also Chinese language; literacy
Left Scribe’s Record, The (Lidai shi zuobian) (Tang)
to Deng Lincai:
“Reply to Deng Shiyang [Deng Lincai]” (LZQJZ 1.26)
“Reply to Deng Shiyang” (LZQJZ 1.8)
to Geng Dinglih
to Geng Dingxiang:
“Reply to Censor Geng”
“Reply to Justice Minister Geng”
“Sent in Reply to Senior Censor Geng
to Jiao Hong:
“Another letter to Jiao Moling [Jiao Hong]”
“Another letter to Jiao Ruohou [Jiao Hong]” (Fu Jiao Ruohou)
“Another letter to Jiao Ruohou [Jiao Hong]” (You yu Jiao Ruohou)
“To Jiao Ruohou [Jiao Hong]”
(Xu fenshu)
“To Jiao Yiyuan [Jiao Hong]”
“Reply to Jiao Yiyuan [Jiao Hong]”
to Liu Dongxing: “A Letter in Reply to Provincial Officer Liu”
“A Reply to District Chief Liu”
“Reply to a friend’s letter”
“Reply to Zhou Erlu”
“A Response to Zhou Liutang”
“To Zeng Jiquan”
to Zhou Sijing [Zhou Youshan]
“Another Letter to Zhou Youshan”
“To Zhou Youshan” (Fenshu)
“To Zhou Youshan” (Xu Fenshu)
Liji. See Book of Rites
Li Le
Li Mengyang
“Li sao.” See “Encountering Sorrow”
literacy
Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (Wenxin diaolong) (Liu)
Literature: imitation in
popular genres in China
relation with society. See also poetry; prefaces
Li sheng shi jiao wen. See “On Mr. Li’s Ten Kinds of Association”
Li Wai-yee
Li Zhi: appearance
appearance as bluff
authenticity, concern with
biographical details
bluff in work of
Buddhism and
on clothing
commentaries by
commentaries by, faked
as Confucian scholar
destruction of work
drama, writing on
on economic matters
genre variety and
head shaving by
as/as not heretic
historical analysis
hypocrisy, critique of
imitation, critique of
letters of
literary style of
misattribution of works to/forgery
popular literature, views on
poverty of
publication history
publication process
puncturing/piercing as metaphor, use of
reactions to work of
as reader
social intercourse, relation to
transparency of language as concern of
virtue as concern of
as Zhuowu. See also letters (Li); individual works
Liu Dongxing: prefaces to works by Li
Liu Jincheng (Chenglao)
Liu Tong: Survey of Scenery and Mountains in the Capital (Dijing jingwulue) (w/Yu)
Liu Xie (ca. 465–ca. 522)
Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (Wenxin diaolong)
Liu Xie (fl. 1570)
“Liu Yan, Extraordinary Individual” (Liu Yan, miao ren) (Li)
Longhu. See Dragon Lake
Ma Jinglun
Macheng
maodun (contradiction)
Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World (Xingshi yinyuan zhuan)
meaning: of texts
words’ loss of
Mei Guozhen: preface to A Book to Keep (Hidden)
Mencius
Mendoza, Juan González de: Historia de las cosas mas notables, ritas y costumbres del gran reyno de la China
Min Qiji: illustrations for The Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang Ji)
Ming state: counterfeiting and
paper currency and
printing by
regulation of coin value. See also sumptuary laws
misprints. See under printing
misreading. See under reading
“Mr. Five Willows” (Wu liu xiansheng zhuan) (Tao)
money: coins
coins, weight of
copper vs. silver
copper used as
counterfeiting of
counterfeiting, punishment for
different forms of
forms, in Europe
Gresham’s law
instability of value of
paper currency
Spanish coins. See also inflation; demonetization
Montaigne, Michel de
Journal de Voyage
on reading. See also Essays.
nature: as source of language
as source of literary inspiration
“On the Childlike Mind” (Tongxin shuo) (Li)
“On Five Types of Death” (Wu si pian)
“On Friendship” (Pengyou pian) (Li)
“On the Joy of Reading” (Du shu le) (Li): preface
“On Loftiness and Cleanliness” (Gao jie shuo) (Li)
“On Miscellaneous Matters” (Za shuo) (Li)
“On Mr. Li’s Ten Kinds of Association” (Li sheng shi jiao wen) (Li)
Outlaws of the Marsh (Shuihu zhuan). See also “Preface to The Loyal and Righteous Outlaws of the Marsh”
Outline of History with Critical Comments (Shigang pingyao) (Li)
Owen, Stephen
painting: forgery of
of Xu Wei
paradox
Chan paradox
perspective (in visual art)
Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco
plagiarism
Plum in the Golden Vase, The (Jin ping mei)
poetry: as outlet for emotion
Porter, David
Postel, Guillaume
“Preface to the Combined ‘Dynastic Records’ and ‘Biographies’ Sections of A Book to Keep (Hidden)” (Cangshu shiji liezhuan zongmu qianlun) (Li)
“Preface to The Loyal and Righteous Outlaws of the Marsh” (Zhongyi Shuihuzhuan xu) (Li)
prefaces: to Gargantua and Pantagruel (Rabelais)
by Ming writers. See also Book to Burn, A; Book to Keep (Hidden), A; Don Quixote; Essays; Record of Acting First; Upon Arrival at the Lake
prices, variance in
Price Revolution. See also inflation
printing: errors/misprints
reprinting
text alteration/piracy by printers, in China and Europe
publication: as ongoing process
Qian Xiyan: Playing with Flaws (Xi xia)
Qin Shihuang
Qu Yuan
Quanzhou (Fujian)
Rabelais, François
Gargantua and Pantagruel
reading: “centripetal reading”
hucksterish (baifan)/generative reading
misreading
oppositional reading (fandu)
reader as friend
as recovery of authorial intent
subjective/activist reading
Record of the Antiquity of the Dao (Dao gu lu) (Li)
Record of Causes and Effects (Yinguo lu) (Li)
“Record of Master Geng Chukong” (Geng Chukong xiansheng zhuan) (Li)
Records of Daily Knowledge (Rizhi lu) (Gu)
rectification of names (zhengming)
and European language theory
rectification of language
“Reflections on my Life” (Gankai pingsheng) (Li)
representation: “second-order representations”
reputation
Return to Antiquity Movement (Fugu pai)
Ricci, Matteo
Mnemonic Techniques of the West (Xiguo jifa)
On Friendship (Jiaoyou lun)
Rizhi lu. See Records of Daily Knowledge
Romance of the Western Chamber, The (Xixiang ji)
Ronsard, Pierre de
“Rules Agreed Upon in Advance” (Yu yue) (Li)
preface to
Rusk, Bruce
Sang Hongyang
School of the Mind (Xinxue pai)
Taizhou school (Taizhou pai)
“Self-Appraisal” (Zi zan) (Li)
self-contradiction
self-presentation: ethics and
social status and
Shakespeare, William
As You Like It
The Life of King Henry the Eighth
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Twelfth Night
shanren (recluse, mountain man)
Shen Defu: Unofficial Gleanings of the Wanli Era (Wanli yehuo bian)
Shigang Pingyao. See Outline of History with Critical Comments
Shiji. See Historical Records
Shijing. See Classic of Poetry
Shu Jin Chuan Weng shoujuan hou. See “Written to Old Mr. Jin Chuan at the End of the Volume in Honor of His Birthday”
Shu Xiaoxiu shoujuan hou. See “Written at the End of Xiaoxiu’s [Yuan Zhongdao’s] Hand Scroll”
Shuihu zhuan. See Outlaws of the Marsh
Shuo shi xu. See “Preface on Poetry”
Shuowen jiezi
sign-signifier relationship
in Chinese
clothing and
in early modern world
in European languages
silver
Sima Qian: Historical Records (Shiji)
Si shu ping. See Commentary on The Four Books
“A Sketch of Zhuowu: Written in Yunnan” (Zhuowu lunlue Dianzhong zuo) (Li)
Struve, Lynn
Stubbes, Philip
Student Huang (Huang Kehui)
sumptuary laws: in Europe
regulation of clothing
violations of
Taizhou School. See under School of the Mind
Tang Shunzhi: The Left Scribe’s Record (Lidai shi zuobian)
Tang Xianzu
The Peony Pavilion (Mudan ting)
Tao Qian
“Mr. Five Willows” (Wu liu xiansheng zhuan)
“Three essays for two monks of Huang’an” (Wei Huang’an er shangren san shou) (Li)
“Ti Kongzi xiang yu Zhifo Yuan.” See An inscription for the image of Confucius in the Cloister of the Flourishing Buddha
titles, sale of
tongxin. See childlike mind
Tongzhou
Tory, Geofroy: Champ Fleury
trade
foreign currency and
lifting of ban on, in China
truth. See authenticity
Unofficial Gleanings of the Wanli Era (Wanli yehuo bian) (Shen)
Upon Arrival at the Lake (Chutanji) (Li)
preface to
Velázquez, Diego Rodriguez: Las Meninas
Vermeer, Johannes: Woman Holding a Balance
Vigenère, Blaise de
Vimalakīrti Monastery (Macheng)
Vinograd, Richard
virtue
clothing as expression of
counterfeiting of
vision. See eyes
Wang Benke
posthumous preface to Another Book to Burn
Wang Chong
Wang Gen
Wang Hongzhuan
Wang Ji
Wang Keshou
Wang Shizhen
Wang Yangming
Wanli yehuo bian. See Unofficial Gleanings of the Wanli Era
Webb, John: Historical Essay
Wei Huang’an er shangren san shou. See “Three essays for two monks of Huang’an”
wen (pattern/literature)
Wenxin diaolong. See Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
Wilson, Bronwen
“Written in Commemoration of Past Events” (Yin ji wang shi) (Li)
“Written at the End of Xiaoxiu’s Hand Scroll” (Shu Xiaoxiu shoujuan hou) (Li)
“Written to Old Mr. Jin Chuan at the End of the Volume in Honor of His Birthday” (Shu Jin Chuan Weng shoujuan hou) (Li)
Wu Congxian: preface to Outline of History with Critical Commentary
Wu si pian. See “On Five Types of Death”
Wu suo bu pei. See “Adorned with Every Mark of Dignity”
Xie Zhaozhe
xin (trust)
Xingshi yinyuan zhuan. See Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World
Xixiang ji. See Romance of the Western Chamber
Xiyou ji. See Journey to the West
Xu Cangshu. See Another Book to Keep (Hidden)
Xu Fenshu. See Another Book to Burn.
Xu Wei
“Preface on Poetry” (Shuo shi xu)
Xunzi
Yan Hui
Yang Xiong (Ziyun)
Yang Yucheng
Ye Zhou
Yijing. See Book of Changes
Yinguo lu. See Record of Causes and Effects
Yu Xiangdou
Yu Yizheng: Survey of Scenery and Mountains in the Capital (Dijing jingwulue) (w/Liu)
Yu yue. See “Rules Agreed Upon in Advance”
Yu yue xiao yin. See under “Rules Agreed Upon in Advance”
Yuan Hongdao
Yuan Zhongdao (Xiaoxiu)
“Biography of Li Wenling” (Li Wenling zhuan)
Yuan Zongdao
Za shuo. See “On Miscellaneous Matters”
Zan Liu Xie. See “Appraisal of Liu Xie”
Zen Buddhism. See Chan
Zeng Jiquan
Zhang Chao
Zhang Dai
Zhang Longxi
Zhang Nai: posthumous preface to Another Book to Burn
Zhang Wenda
zhengming. See rectification of names
zhi yin. See friend/friendship
Zhong Xing
Zhongyi Shuihuzhuan xu. See “Preface to The Loyal and Righteous Outlaws of the Marsh”
Zhou Sijing (Youshan)
Zhou Sijiu
Zhuowu. See Li Zhi
Zhuowu lunlue Dianzhong zuo. See “A Sketch of Zhuowu: Written in Yunnan”
Zhu Xi
Ziyun