Lee Moore

Chinese Literature Podcast

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Dr. Lee Moore talks Chinese literature and Chinese culture more broadly.

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Lee Moore

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The Ballad of Mulan 08.03.2017 26:54

How I Mutilated a Trannie, then Fell in Love 22.02.2017 25:53

In today's podcast, we return to the Historian of the Weird, that is the late, great Pu Songling. Previously, we did a podcast on his touching love story about a man and his rock. This time, we take a look at an equally 'touching' love story, though here, we are talking about bad touch. In the story that is literally translated as Human Prodigy (人妖), a family named Ma tries to play the old trick...

The Biography of Xiang Yu 20.02.2017 27:02

Xi You Bu 25.01.2017 30:37

Du Fu - On a Moonlight Night 21.01.2017 22:21

Podcast on a poem by Du Fu

Journey to the West 10.01.2017 31:12

Looking Towards the Sea 17.12.2016 29:05

In today's episode, we look at a specific poem by Haizi, his most famous.

Love in a Fallen City 15.12.2016 24:15

Straight Outta the Junkyard: Ouyang Jianghe's Phoenix 28.10.2016 36:01

Tales from Under the Bean Arbor 25.08.2016 32:17

A Man and His Rock 25.08.2016 25:01

High Plains Drifter: Li Shangyin 05.08.2016 16:57

The Big Bang of Modern Chinese Literature?: Discussing the May 4th Movement 28.06.2016 30:51

A Male Mencius' Mother 28.06.2016 23:04

Grief in a Fallen City: Du Fu's Ever-Present Histories 03.06.2016 25:49

Moonstruck: Wandering the Galaxy with Li Bai 03.06.2016 18:50

'Cause I'm the Taxman: The Voyages of Yu Gong 29.05.2016 20:01

Emperor Shen's New Groove: Song Dynasty Exam Reform and Modern Chinese Exam Culture 19.05.2016 27:58

How to be A/Political: The Seven Books of the Sun 09.05.2016 24:01

The great romantic martyr of contemporary Chinese poetry, who killed himself at the age of 25 in 1989, Hai Zi is one of the most studied, recited, and well-known poets of the 20th century in China. Positioned alternately as the bard of the countryside or a "pure" poet, he is a figure believed to have been outside the hurly-burly of Chinese political life. Yet his unfinished epic work, The Seven Bo...

Narration and Revolution: The True Story of Ah Q 04.05.2016 29:57

How does a low-life moron become one of the great tragic figures in modern Chinese culture? Lu Xun's 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q, a masterpiece of the May 4th Movement, presents just such a situation. We discuss the story's unique narrative choices, and Lu Xun's varying reception in Taiwan and mainland China.

Censure and Celebration: Jiang Xingge Re-Encounters His Pearl Shirt 09.04.2016 28:10

One of the most acclaimed 话本 (hua ben - vernacular short stories) in Feng Menglong's 1620 collection Stories Old and New (tr. Yang Shuhui and Yang Yunqin). We discuss the question of irony in a story about both marital and extramarital bliss, and explore the reasons behind the story's famously racy details.

Tower for the Summer Heat 06.04.2016 29:01

Here we talk about telescopes, gods, and the peculiar anxiety that results when a foreign civilization circumvents established domestic social rules.