Daily Life for the Common People of China, 1850 to 1950: Understanding Chaoben Culture

483 Pages·2018·12.79 MB·English

by  Ronald Suleski

DailyLifefortheCommonPeopleofChina,1850to1950
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Daily Life for the Common People
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UnderstandingChaobenCulture
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
ListofFigures xiv
Introduction 1
1 ContextualizingChaoben:OnthePopularManuscriptCultureofthe
LateQingandRepublicanPeriodinChina 11
2 ApologiainChaoben 65
3 WrittenintheMargins:ReadingintoTexts 110
4 TeacherXu:EnteringaClassroominLateQingChina 143
5 AQingDynastyAstrologer’sPredictionsfortheFuture 173
6 ConstructingtheFamilyinRepublicanChina:Shandong1944 199
7 Mr.BaiandMr.QianEarnTheirLiving:ConsideringTwoHandwritten
NotebooksofMatchingCoupletsfromChinaintheLateQingand
EarlyRepublic 226
8 TheTroublesomeGhosts:Part1 273
9 TheTroublesomeGhosts:Part2 327
10 ConcludingRemarks 358
Appendixa.AListofChaobenintheAuthor’sPersonalCollection
UsedinThisStudy 369
Appendixb.VariousCategoriesofChaobenNotDiscussedinthe
Text 398
Appendixc.KoreanandJapaneseChaoben 411
Appendixd.FullTranslationofFiftyDaystoEncountertheFive
Spirits 417
Bibliography 431
Index 447