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i Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics © koninklijke brill nv, leiden, 2015 | doi 10.1163/9789004282452_001 Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta ii Sinica Leidensia Edited by Barend J. ter Haar Maghiel van Crevel In co-operation with P.K. Bol, D.R. Knechtges, E.S. Rawski, W.L. Idema, H.T. Zurndorfer VOLUME 118 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/sinl Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta iii Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics By Nicholas Morrow Williams LEIDEN | BOSTON Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta iv Cover illustration: Textile with Animals and Woven Inscription (detail). China, 1st–3rd century. Warp- faced compound plain weave silk. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2003), via www.metmuseum.org. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Nicholas Morrow, author. Imitations of the Self : Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics / by Nicholas M. Williams. pages cm. -- (Sinica Leidensia ; 118) Includes index. ISBN 978-90-04-28223-0 (hardback : acid-free paper) -- ISBN 978-90-04-28245-2 (e-book) 1. Jiang, Yan, 444-505--Criticism and interpretation. 2. Chinese poetry--221 B.C.-960 A.D.--History and criticism. 3. Poetics--Early works to 1800. I. Title. PL2666.C45Z93 2015 895.18’209--dc23 2014032276 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 0169-9563 isbn 978-90-04-28223-0 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-28245-2 (e-book) Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta v for David Knechtges ⸪ Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta vi Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta Contents Contents vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction—The Double Voice 1 part 1 The Development of Imitation Poetry 1 A Brocade of Words: Theories of Poetic Imitation 23 2 The Reciprocal Origins of Pentasyllabic Verse and of Imitation Poetry 50 3 Impersonation and the Art of Authorship 77 4 Echoing through the Rafters: The Afterlife of Jian’an 105 part 2 Jiang Yan between Poetry and Life 5 Self-Portrait as Sea Anemone, and Other Impersonations of Jiang Yan 147 6 Jiang Yan’s Allusive and Illusive Journeys 176 7 Pathways in Obscurity: Jiang Yan and Ruan Ji 210 Appendix: Jiang Yan’s Poems in Diverse Forms 247 Works Cited 280 Index 296 Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta viii Contents CECSC CPACAICACTCIJWIJinmneaihcahhhhohhhcp aoBtdlthnkenpaaaaaaapfrnhrre-o onpppppppgtekeRoPgwxei dortttttttnsY coen Yneeeeeeeas uwadaCcrogarrrrrrrytcdtnii ls inns4567123prxtette’ sah’ ia i e drs o niotor PdgtAnio fco Ooma l—uaWenlsbuglem SsoTahOnsceirsnh trvtud asdiieher nsgA e i:Dtia t Dhn TnyRnoeshe:idau v JmeoAf bieItofalrroel lrnePtsruni e gesoeVse : nsFfiY o,Tv tooaAaiehacrnfnu seem J Pdytoa Ahlo snuOl oefadrtttrbne hisRiecrhecul yIr iiVasfpm Ie en m iro tJspafie teJ iairoansnnod ’na onaft iIomnist ao71111122vi122572222tx77f0407733144891i0i 66i0o075J57706ina nPgo eYtarny 15407 Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta AcknowledAgcmknenotwsledgments ix Acknowledgments I began studying Jiang Yan’s poems in 2005, and through the intervening years David Knechtges has been a constant source of aid and inspiration. Professor Knechtges has done more work than anyone to build a solid foundation for the study of medieval Chinese literature in the West; this book is a modest con- struction upon that foundation, and is dedicated accordingly. Throughout the revision of the manuscript my work has been supported by the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute at Hong Kong Baptist University, which has also generously assisted with publication costs. I have been aided also by a Fulbright scholarship for dissertation re- search at National Taiwan University; the Hsiao fellowship at the University of Washington; and research grants from Hong Kong Baptist University. Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews has kindly granted permission to reprint my article “Self-Portrait as Sea Anemone, and Other Impersonations of Jiang Yan” as Chapter 5. I am grateful to Paul Kroll for two profoundly encouraging suggestions, and to my lunch partners in Hong Kong—Lee Tong King, John Wakefield, and Tim Chan—for good cheer. Without the love and inspiration of my family, I would have long ago have given up on Chinese literature for some more lucrative field, such as lepidoptery. None of these people deserves blame for the faults that remain in this vol- ume; even I have begun to feel aloof from the past self who began this project nearly a decade ago; but I accept responsibility as poste restante for the true author. Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta x Contents Nicholas Morrow Williams - 978-90-04-28245-2 Downloaded from Brill.com04/17/2019 12:20:04AM via University of Alberta
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