Abstract This paper examines the biography of Yang Shen (1488-1559) and how it changed through th... more Abstract This paper examines the biography of Yang Shen (1488-1559) and how it changed through the writings of five key intellectuals of the late imperial period and the official history of the Ming dynasty. The main argument is that biographers, even when working with similar materials, molded their subject into a person close to their own time and interests, thus transforming the early life story into a much more malleable form. The paper also examines the tropes and means of reading these scholars writings in the analysis of their work.
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent schol... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent schol... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry ... more This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry of the mid-Ming scholar Yang Shen (1488-1557), who was exiled to southwest China in 1524. Text is understood to refer to the overall work by which a ‘meaning’ or an interpretation can be produced. Imagery refers to the representation of the outside world as captured through words. The relationship of imagery and text is complex – sometimes imagery reinforces the ‘meaning’ of the text; at other times, imagery works against that meaning offering alternative readings of the work involved. Travel writing is under examination as it is a unique genre that allows scholars from a variety of disciplines to define it in very particularistic ways. Travel writing can range from extremely dry non literary accounts of voyages to highly imaginative created journeys. This allows for a flexibility of handling of the topic, particularly as noted above in the distinction between text and image. Chinese tra...
Until recently scholars have tended to view the Chinese imperial tradition from a human-centred p... more Until recently scholars have tended to view the Chinese imperial tradition from a human-centred perspective. However, in the last two decades, the importance of ritual and state religion in imperial China has become better appreciated and more fully explored. This ...
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent s... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry ... more This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry of the mid-Ming scholar Yang Shen (1488-1557), who was exiled to southwest China in 1524. Text is understood to refer to the overall work by which a ‘meaning’ or an interpretation can be produced. Imagery refers to the representation of the outside world as captured through words. The relationship of imagery and text is complex – sometimes imagery reinforces the ‘meaning’ of the text; at other times, imagery works against that meaning offering alternative readings of the work involved
Abstract This paper examines the biography of Yang Shen (1488-1559) and how it changed through th... more Abstract This paper examines the biography of Yang Shen (1488-1559) and how it changed through the writings of five key intellectuals of the late imperial period and the official history of the Ming dynasty. The main argument is that biographers, even when working with similar materials, molded their subject into a person close to their own time and interests, thus transforming the early life story into a much more malleable form. The paper also examines the tropes and means of reading these scholars writings in the analysis of their work.
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent schol... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent schol... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry ... more This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry of the mid-Ming scholar Yang Shen (1488-1557), who was exiled to southwest China in 1524. Text is understood to refer to the overall work by which a ‘meaning’ or an interpretation can be produced. Imagery refers to the representation of the outside world as captured through words. The relationship of imagery and text is complex – sometimes imagery reinforces the ‘meaning’ of the text; at other times, imagery works against that meaning offering alternative readings of the work involved. Travel writing is under examination as it is a unique genre that allows scholars from a variety of disciplines to define it in very particularistic ways. Travel writing can range from extremely dry non literary accounts of voyages to highly imaginative created journeys. This allows for a flexibility of handling of the topic, particularly as noted above in the distinction between text and image. Chinese tra...
Until recently scholars have tended to view the Chinese imperial tradition from a human-centred p... more Until recently scholars have tended to view the Chinese imperial tradition from a human-centred perspective. However, in the last two decades, the importance of ritual and state religion in imperial China has become better appreciated and more fully explored. This ...
Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent s... more Late imperial China's borders and peripheral regions have been a major focus of recent scholarship,1 and one of the most important of many sources has been the travelogue. Through the latter, schol-ars have been able to examine both the relatively elite members of ...
This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry ... more This paper is an exploration of the relation of text and image as seen through the travel poetry of the mid-Ming scholar Yang Shen (1488-1557), who was exiled to southwest China in 1524. Text is understood to refer to the overall work by which a ‘meaning’ or an interpretation can be produced. Imagery refers to the representation of the outside world as captured through words. The relationship of imagery and text is complex – sometimes imagery reinforces the ‘meaning’ of the text; at other times, imagery works against that meaning offering alternative readings of the work involved
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