The Halberd at Red Cliff

Jian’an and the Three Kingdoms

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
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
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
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

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Jian’an and the Three Kingdoms

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