- Acknowledgments
- Note on Sources
- Timeline of Chinese Dynasties
- Map: Three Kingdoms Period
- Introduction
- I. The Plague
- 1. Plague and Poetry: Rethinking Jian’an
- Introduction: Looking Back
- “Dead Poets Society”
- Gathering at Ye
- The Poems
- Reperforming Nostalgia
- The Jian’an That Is Unlike “Jian’an”
- Conclusion
- 2. Circling the Tree Thrice: Lord, Vassal, Community
- Introduction: Wang Can’s Jade Pendant
- Food and Feast
- The Ideal Feast
- Two Perspectives on Food
- A Man of Taste
- Gifts, Letters, Exchange
- Give and Take
- Ownership and Competition
- A Dark Exchange
- Conclusion
- 1. Plague and Poetry: Rethinking Jian’an
- II. The Bronze Bird
- 3. The Southern Perspective: “Fan Writing”
- Introduction: The Southern Perspective
- The Fan
- An Account of Luoyang
- Bronze Bird
- “Fan Writing”
- The Poetics of Unified Empire
- Conclusion
- 4. Terrace and Tile: Imagining a Lost City
- Introduction: Views of Ye
- Ascending the Terrace: Early Writings
- A Changed View from the Terrace
- Irony and Criticism: Later Variations
- Fragmentation: The Bronze Bird Inkstone
- Conclusion
- 3. The Southern Perspective: “Fan Writing”
- III. The Red Cliff
- 5. Restoring the Broken Halberd
- Introduction: The Broken Halberd
- Going Local, Getting Personal
- The Southern Turn in the Ninth Century
- Owning Red Cliff
- Dongpo’s Red Cliff
- A Storyteller’s Vision
- The Reel Red Cliff
- Conclusion
- 5. Restoring the Broken Halberd
- Epilogue. The Return of the Repressed
- Appendix A. Cao Cao’s “Short Song”
- Appendix B. Red Cliff Poems
- Appendix C. A Duel of Wits across the River between Two Army Counselors
- Works Cited
- Index
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES


Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 108
The Halberd at Red Cliff
Jian’an and the Three Kingdoms
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