BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170227T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20170209T161752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T161752Z UID:4800-1488211200-1488218400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:China Humanities Seminar: The Poetry Demon - Tensions within Chinese Buddhist Monks’ Literature DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jason Protass is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. He completed doctoral work at Stanford University in 2016\, and was a visiting researcher at Academia Sinica in Taipei and at Hanazono and Ryukoku universities in Kyoto. \nBuddhist monks in Song dynasty China were visited by a literary impulse that interrupted religious activities and ritual. This unwelcome muse was sometimes referred to as the demon of poetry. In this talk\, I explore some lesser-known intersections of Chinese poetry and the Buddhist path. I read monks’ verse together with prescriptive texts that restricted literary activity\, including legal codes\, primers\, and hagiography. I hypothesize that at the heart of monastic verse culture was the negotiation of competing commitments to Buddhist monasticism and to literary expression. URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-humanities-seminar-the-poetry-demon-tensions-within-chinese-buddhist-monks-literature/ LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170130T180000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20170111T154638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170111T154638Z UID:4652-1485792000-1485799200@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Xie Lingyun and Imperial Performance: Deploying the Language of the Chuci DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Harrison Huang\,  Assistant Professor\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University \nThe reception of the Chuci anthology has been largely framed around the representation of the attributed author Qu Yuan as a loyal subject.\nThis talk instead traces Qu Yuan ‘s earlier reception and contested status during the Han dynasty\, to show how the Chuci repertoire can be adopted for imperial performance\, as seen in Xie Lingyun’s poetry. URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/xie-lingyun-and-imperial-performance-deploying-the-language-of-the-chuci/ LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170123T180000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20170111T154017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170111T154017Z UID:4649-1485187200-1485194400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:"Underworld Law and Leeway: Summoning the Earth God in Journey to the West" 鬼律與故縱：《西遊記》中的召喚土地 DESCRIPTION:***This event will be conducted in Chinese*** \nSpeaker: Li Fengmao 李豐楙 \, Chair Professor\, National Chengchi University; Professor Emeritus\, Academia Sinica\, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy \n鬼律與故縱：《西遊記》中的召喚土地〉簡介 \n李豐楙 \n在西遊的奇傳敘述中，神魔鬥法前時常出現的，就是孫行者頻繁召喚土地，方能問明妖精、妖魔出處，其頻率雖高卻較少受到關注，原因應是被視為陪襯的小神。世德堂本敘述其出場方式，應該有其創作的用意，乃交互使用兩種聲音：顯聲音與潛聲音。前者借遊戲筆調表現滑稽的趣味，其實在掩飾其真實的潛聲音，主要即借此諷喻、影射明代、尤其世宗朝皇室。由於兩種聲音之間交織運用，若隱若現，亟待解讀。作者雖曾吸收先行材料，但其突破在其創意，乃化用了道、佛二教的文化資源。此處即從「召喚土地」情節切入，文本解讀配合文化解讀，其手法皆有宗教、尤其道教知識支持。在敘述層次上，顯聲音即召喚土地的方式，軟硬兼施，從喚出到拘得，形成表層聲音的滑稽趣味；唯關鍵的召喚動作簡繁俱有，即捻訣與念真言–從唵字到唵㘕淨法界，在此發現採用明代流行的准提信仰，因其盛行於文人中，作者即挪用密教的准提咒，並未襲用道教召土地神咒。而在召喚過程中，行者對待土地、山神的態度，即任意使喚；相對土地、山神則表現得異常惶恐。這種顯聲音背後隱藏的潛聲音，所運用的「故縱之嫌」筆法，乃化用道教法派的鬼律、黑律知識，用於規範城隍–土地：境內有精邪而未能通告者，即有故縱之嫌而會被杖或流放。作者所敍寫的當境土地，既知妖精、妖魔卻任令其行動，懼而未曾通報，此即「故縱之嫌」的敘寫手法。其目的則是諷喻，明代中葉以前實行里甲制，小說家影射當時事：其一明初洪武三年禮部官僚依禮定制里社壇制，即自然神；唯里甲居民仍崇拜人格神的土地，以致里社壇荒廢不用。其二里長、甲首負責里甲事務，即催稅、徴糧及徭役，但至中葉因稅役過重，導致里民逃脫，小說既有「逃門戶」、「大戶負擔元宵燈油」等，此種敘述即為潛聲音。其三敘述妖精、妖魔據洞稱王、差使土地，妖魔俱從天界私下凡間，此種顯聲音即試煉五聖、尤其唐僧的取經意志；並諷喻明代王府與地方豪族，在地方據土稱霸，使喚里長甲首。西遊交錯使用顯、潛兩種聲音，即可知荒唐、滑稽語底下，乃掩飾當世習知的社會怪現狀，當時人領會其諷喻手法的影射旨趣，今人則需重新解讀「故縱與鬼律」，方能深刻理解滑稽文學的嚴肅性，確定多層聲音所形成的交響，乃奇傳文體具有語言藝術的價值。 \n國立政治大學中國文學研究所國家文學博士，曾經擔任中央研究院中國文哲研究所研究員，其後轉任政治大學宗教研究所，擔任文學院講座教授，政治大學華人宗教研究中心主任；2015年退休後擔任中國文哲所兼任研究員、政治大學文學院榮譽講座教授。曾經訪問巴黎法蘭西學院、哈佛燕京學社；擔任中華民國「國科會」中國文學門召集人、「臺灣宗教學會」第二任理事長。 URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/underworld/ LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20161109T174326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161109T174326Z UID:4423-1480348800-1480356000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Working with Looted Manuscripts: A Vindication of the Peking University Han Bamboo Strips DESCRIPTION:Over the last two decades\, remarkable collections of Warring States\, Qin and Han manuscripts have been purchased on the behalf of major academic institutions in China\, offering exciting new materials that have the potential to dramatically impact the study of early China. By the same token\, these collections also present a great risk to our field\, should they prove to be forgeries. With so much at stake\, it is important not only to discuss candidly the authentication of purchased manuscripts\, but also to reflect upon the role our scholarship plays in enticing continued looting. In this talk\, I introduce the immense value of one such collection\, the Peking University Han bamboo strips\, and make an argument for both its antiquity and further study. Recently\, it has been proposed that the Peking University Laozi 老子manuscript is in fact a forgery. Drawing in part from my own observations of the artifact\, I refute this accusation. An initial methodology for positively authenticating the Peking University Han manuscripts is also offered\, and content from the Cang Jie Pian 蒼頡篇– another manuscript in this cache that is the focus of my research – is raised in particular as a case study. Having established confidence in the antiquity of these texts\, ethical concerns over the study of purchased artifacts are then addressed\, giving voice to the “rescue archaeology” orientation largely adopted in Chinese scholarship. My hope is to inspire a more open dialogue over how to engage the Peking University Han manuscripts responsibly in our research\, as they are simply too important for scholars to ignore. \nSpeaker: Christopher Foster is a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department. His dissertation\, “Textual Production in Early China: A Study of the Cang Jie Pian Character Book\,” utilizes newly excavated manuscript sources to evaluate the role of writing during the Western Han period. URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/working-with-looted-manuscripts-a-vindication-of-the-peking-university-han-bamboo-strips/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T130000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20160909T222812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160909T222812Z UID:3394-1479466800-1479474000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:To Ransom Destiny: The Daoist Search for Deliverance in Medieval China DESCRIPTION:Daoist destinies were mortgaged from birth – by guilt inherited from the past\, debts owed to one’s parents\, and the initial endowment of vitality. To live meant to inexorably augment the original burden. Accumulated liabilities accounted for suffering\, disease\, and ill fortune met with in this world. They presaged a diminished life span and an adverse afterlife. To ransom destiny was to make amends for liabilities incurred through a person’s own fault or by exposure to external malignant forces. The questions this talk addresses are: what was the nature of the liabilities weighing in the balance of human destiny? Which ritual measures were envisaged to obtain deliverance or improve an unfavorable outcome? How did constituencies of collective destiny form? Who were the agents of the redemptive process and what were their roles? \nSpeaker: Franciscus Verellen\, professor in the History of Daoism\, Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO)\, and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres\, served as director of the EFEO from 2004 to 2014. He is currently head of the EFEO Hong Kong Center and a senior research fellow in the Institute of Chinese Studies\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Verellen has published widely in the fields of regional history and Daoism. He was co-editor with Kristofer Schipper of The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang (Chicago\, 2004). A new book manuscript on the notion and practice of “redeeming destiny” in medieval Daoism is currently in preparation. \n\n  URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/franciscus-verellen-seminar/ LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161114T180000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20161018T200012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161018T200012Z UID:3984-1479139200-1479146400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:The Master Branches Out: Images of Confucius in Contemporary China DESCRIPTION:As Confucius (551-479 BCE) has returned to political favor in recent years\, his image has become ubiquitous in mainland China and increasingly used abroad to symbolize Chinese culture.  Represented in a great variety of media\, both traditional and modern\, depictions of the ancient teacher serve new purposes and address a much wider audience than ever before.  Sometimes based on imagery from the dynastic era\, when Confucius was meaningful to just the educated elite\, his recent portrayals range from monumental public statues and paintings to movies\, cartoons\, and avant-garde installations.  Using examples from contemporary Chinese visual culture\, this talk will explore issues of patronage\, source\, reception\, and significance in light of current cultural and political concerns. \nSpeaker: Julia K. Murray is Professor Emerita of Art History\, East Asian Studies\, and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin\, and an Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for China Studies at Harvard University.  Before entering academe\, she worked in curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Freer Gallery of Art\, and the Harvard University Art Museums\, She has taught courses on many aspects of the history of Chinese art\, in a variety of media\, from Neolithic times to the present\, with particular emphasis on late-imperial pictorial art.  Her numerous research fellowships include awards from the Guggenheim Foundation\, American Council of Learned Societies\, National Endowment for the Humanities\, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation\, Asian Cultural Council\, and the Metropolitan Center for Research on Far Eastern Art.  Her current research focuses on the visual and material culture associated with the veneration of Confucius\, particularly his portraits and illustrations of his life.  Her publications include Mirror of Morality: Chinese Narrative Illustration and Confucian Ideology (2007); Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes (1993); Last of the Mandarins (1987); and A Decade of Discovery (1979); as well as numerous articles on Chinese pictorial art and narrative illustration.  In 2010 she served as the guest-curator and catalogue co-author for the exhibition Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art at the China Institute Gallery in New York\, organized jointly with the Shandong Provincial Museum.  The Chinese-language edition of  Mirror of Morality was published in 2014 by Beijing’s Sanlian Press\, under the title 道德镜鉴：中国叙述性图画与儒家意识形态 . URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-master-branches-out-images-of-confucius-in-contemporary-china/ LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161017T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161017T140000 DTSTAMP:20260518T070858 CREATED:20160914T003354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160914T003354Z UID:3510-1476705600-1476712800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Religion of the Han Empire DESCRIPTION:***NOTE*** This event takes place in Room S250\, CGIS South Building*** \nAn Unknown Chinese religion from the 200s BC to 200s AD has been revealed. Led by Confucian morality\, mixed with Huanglao Daoist belief and techniques\, the meaning system served as the spiritual support of the Han empire. The underground is another world\, with sun\, moon and dipper on its sky. In that space\, the tomb serves as a “palace for refining the form” after death; the dead in the tomb will undergo a process of “form refining in the grand darkness.” If one behaves according to Confucian teachings in this world\, one will gain immortality at the end of this underworld process. Before Buddhism penetrated into the core of the Han tradition\, this was the major belief of the Han people and formed the Han traditional spirituality and gave birth to Celestial Master Daoism. \nSpeaker: Dr. Jiang Sheng 姜生\, Changjiang Scholar Professor of Chinese History at Sichuan University\, is the leading Chinese historian in the methodological pursuit and practice of religiological historiography\, i.e.\, to understand and interpret ancient history on the basis of religious studies. He is devoted to the study of Han tomb and Han religion — the earlier religious history before Celestial Master’s Daoism; on this topic\, his recent publication is a monograph “Heritage of the Han Empire: Ghosts in Han China.” His work includes interdisciplinary study and development of culture\, science and technology\, esp. the cultural basis of scientific innovation and of national power. He is the PI of China’s national major project “History of Science and Technology in Daoism (Song to Qing);” in this field he has published two big volumes. URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/religion-of-the-han-empire/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:China Humanities Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR