Rereading the Stone
Rereading the Stone
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Ep. 97: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 45 part 2
It’s a poetry-pilled installment of Rereading the Stone! We compare Zhang Ruoxu’s 張若虛 (660 – ca. 720) “Spring River in the Flower Moon Night《春江花月夜》,” featuring a new draft translation, with Lin Daiyu’s 《秋窗風雨夕》, “Autumn Window: A Night of Wind a...
Ep. 96: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 45 part 1
Xifeng (and her purse) is invited into the Crabflower Club. Meanwhile we review the family relations of lesser characters like Lai Da’s wife and discuss her “don’t spare the rod” 不打不成才 philosophy.
Ep. 95: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 2
Xifeng is shaking with anger. Is there meaning in the madness? What are the real and imagined consequences of Jia Lian’s transgressions? We try to conceive a contemporary framework for interpreting a tumultuous series of events in Dream of the ...
Ep. 94: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 1
It’s Xifeng birthday, so everyone is having a good time, even if labor relations in the Jia household leave room for improvement.
Ep. 93: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 2
It’s time for part 2 (earth 土) of Chapter 43 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢), where Baoyu performs a non-performative ritual observance of the death of Golden. We discuss Baoyuean theories of language as use, w...