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Home , Cao Wei, Cao Zhi, Chen Lin (Han dynasty), Chen Tao (poet), Chinese poetry, Classical Chinese poetry

CHI 341 32065 Spring 2017 Class Times: TTH 3:30 – 5:00 Location: CMA3.108 Instructor: Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Professor

I. Course Description

The class will read classical of the 詩 subgenre from the earliest period (Shijing or the Books of Songs, dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC) all the way to the end of the (618–907). If time permits, we will also read some poems of the 詞 subgenre selected from the (960-1279) in the last one or two weeks of the semester. Class activities involve: 1). of pre-assigned poems into English and close analysis and discussion of their linguistic and aesthetic features. 2). Short lectures on such topics as the formal evolution of the poetic genres in early to medieval , the distinctive styles of collections, periods, and individual , as well as the roles and functions of poetry writing, appreciation, and education in traditional Chinese society--primarily within its gentry class, but also beyond it. Given that an enormous number of poems from China’s pre-modern period have been preserved and are still available to us today, the class combines historical and anthological approaches to facilitate students’ understanding of this singularly important Chinese literary tradition. Through close examination of the ways different aspects of the — graphic, audio, and grammatical—were explored to achieve poetic effects over a long period of time, we hope to enhance the students’ aesthetic sensibility in general and linguistic competence in Chinese in particular. Basis for assessing how each student has attained these goals include: class preparation, participation in discussions, performance in quizzes and poetry memorizations, and the quality of the papers. Students who have acquired Chinese as a second language should have completed at least three years of college-level Chinese in an American university (or the equivalents) before enrolling in this class. Native speakers of modern Chinese vernacular or a specific dialect, such as , with an intermediate or advanced level of reading proficiency may enroll without the CHI 320L pre-requisite. Some knowledge of Classical Chinese would be helpful, but not required.

II. Course Requirements

1). Poetry preparation Poems will be assigned for close linguistic analysis and verbal translation in class. Titles of poems and page numbers in textbook/course packet will be posted in the “Assignment” section of Canvas, which is the official website of the class.

Every student is expected to look up words and expressions in the assigned poems that they do not already know and get their correct pronunciations before coming to class, and be prepared to read aloud the poetic lines and translate them into English in a somewhat fluent fashion.

2). Background reading

Before we start a new historical period, background readings from ’s book Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century will be assigned. Quizzes on these materials will be given in class. These quizzes will not always be announced in advance.

3). Poetry memorization

Roughly in the second half of the semester and after reaching the Tang Dynasty, the class will be asked to memorize selected poems from different genres and write them down in in the classroom.

4). Papers Two interpretative papers, one mid-term and one final, are required. The papers may be written in either Chinese or English. The submission dates are March 21 and May 10.

III. Grading Policies

Grades will be based on:

(a) Class preparation and participation in discussion (40%) (b) Papers (45%; 20% for mid-term and 25% for final) (c) Quizzes and memorization (15%)

Attendance:

Absences exceeding the allowed quota (3 times in the entire semester) may result in automatic dropping of the final grade by one or more levels.

Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade.

IV. Course Materials

1). Materials to be covered in the semester:

• Book of Poetry (Shi Jing) • The Songs of the South ( Ci) • -prose or rhapsody () from • ballads () • “The Nineteen Old Poems” • Poetry of the • “Modern-style” poetry from the Tang Dynasty: a) Five- character cut-off verse () • “Modern-style” poetry from the Tang Dynasty: a) Seven-character cut-off verse (jueju) • “Modern-style” poetry from the Tang Dynasty: Five-character () • “Modern-style” poetry from the Tang Dynasty: Seven-character regulated verse (lushi) • “Ancient-style” poetry from the Tang Dynasty • Lyrics (ci) from the Song Dynasty

2). Textbooks and course packets:

(a) Jeannette Faurot, Drinking with the Moon: A Guide to (University Co-op) (b) Xeroxed course packet, available through Paradigm Books, located inside Melissa’s Boutique, at 2401A Rio Grande St. (on the corner of Rio Grande and 24th). Phone: 512-472-7986. (c) Burton Watson, Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century (University Co-op)

**Documented Disability Statement: Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice), 232-2937 (video phone) or http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd).

Schedule and Assignments

**This schedule is preliminary. Contents of assignments will be regularly updated based on the actual progress made in our class. Please check the updated assignments on Canvas before preparing for each class.

Abbreviations: P: Course Packet W: Burton Watson, Chinese Lyricism F: Jeannette Faurot, Drinking with the Moon

Week 1 Intro.; Shi Jing 詩經 1/17; 1/19

T Introduction

Th W: 1-14 F: 1 (Intro); 2 Tao yao 桃夭; 3 Cai ge 采葛

Week 2 Shi Jing 詩經; 1/24; 1/26

T P: 1 Bo zhou 柏舟; 2 Shi 式微, Feng yu 風雨, F: 4 Qiang zhongzi 將仲子 5 you si jun 野有死麇

Th P: 2 Feng yu 風雨, Zi 子衿; 3 Jian jia 蒹葭 F: 4 Qiang zhongzi 將仲子 5 Ye you si jun 野有死麇

Week 3 Han: Yuefu 樂府, or Music Bureau ballads & anonymous songs 1/31; 2/2

T W: 52-57 "Yueh-Fu: Folk and Pseudo-Folk Songs" F: 6-7 Intro; 8 Da feng ge 大風歌;

Th F: 9 Bei chou ge 悲愁歌 P: 5 Chang ge xing 長歌行; Bei ge 悲歌; start working on 6-7 Gu er xing 孤兒行

Week 4 Han: Yuefu 樂府, or Music Bureau ballads & anonymous songs 2/7; 2/9

T P: 6-7 Gu er xing 孤兒行 W: 15-32 "The 'Nineteen Old Poems' of the Han" (Quiz; especially the section on pp. 15-20 & pp. 30-32)

Th B: Jiao Zhongqing 焦仲卿妻 Please try to prepare the following: From where we stopped today to "出門登車去,涕落百餘行" (about one third of the poem). And then re-start with "府 吏聞辭變, 因求假暫歸," which is about three quarter of the poem.

Week 5 Han: Yuefu 樂府, or Music Bureau ballads & anonymous songs 2/14; 2/16

T B: Jiao Zhongqing qi 焦仲卿妻

Th B: Jiao Zhongqing qi 焦仲卿妻

Week 6 The Nineteen Old Poems 古詩十九首 2/21; 2/23

T F: 10 Qing qing he pan 青青河畔草; 11 Tiao tiao qian niu xing 迢迢牽牛星; 13 Ming yue he jiao jiao 明月何皎皎 P: 9 Yin chang cheng ku xing 飲馬長城窟行;

Th P: 10 Xing xing chong xing xing 行行重行行; 11 Ran ran gu sheng 冉冉孤生竹; 12 Hui che jia mai 迴車駕言 邁;

Week 7 Jian'an (Chien-an) Period and Six Dynasties 建安時期，六朝 （魏晉南北朝 2/28; 3/2

T *Please start thinking about your mid-term paper. I'll ask you to select your own topic, as long as it relates to poetry written before Tang Dynasty. If you prefer to write in Chinese, please talk to me first. It should an analytical, interpretive paper, about 5 pages, double-spaced. I will give you more guidelines in class.

P: 13 Meng dong han qi zhi 孟東寒氣至 F: 14 Shi cong jun zheng 十五從軍征 W: 33-51 "Chien-an and the New Realism"

Th F: 16 Intro; 19 Ku han xing 苦寒行( or Tsao Tsao 曹操) 17 Qi ai shi 七哀詩(I) ( Can or Wang Ts'an 王粲) P: 15 Qi ai shi 七哀詩 (II)(Wang Can 王粲);

Week 8 Six Dynasties 建安時期，六朝 （魏晉南北朝） 3/7; 3/9

T P: 16 Qi ai shi 七哀詩(III)(Wang Can 王粲); 17 Qi ai 七哀( or Tsao Chih 曹植 ); 18 雜詩(II) (曹植); 19 Yin ma chang cheng ku xing 飲馬長城窟行( Lin 陳琳, Imitation yuefu 擬樂府)

Th P: Yin ma chang cheng ku xing 飲馬長城窟行( 陳琳, imitation yuefu 擬樂府) W: 68-89 The Poetry of Reclusion F: 23 Yong huai 詠懷 ( or Juan Chi 阮籍);

*Mid-term paper outlines due

Week 9 Spring Break 3/13 - 3/18

Week 10 Six Dynasties 3/21; 3/23

T F: 24 Gui yuan ju 歸田園居 ( or T'ao Ch'ien 陶潛, also 陶淵明), 26 Yi ju 移居 (Tao Qian 陶潛) P: 24 shan hai jing 讀山海經 (Tao Qian 陶潛); 25 Qi lai 七里瀨 ( or Hsieh Ling-yun 謝靈運)

**Mid-term paper due on March 21. 5 pages, double-spaced.

Th

P: 26 Deng jiang zhong gu yu 登江中孤嶼(Xie Lingyun謝靈運) W: 90-108 The Poetry of Love F: 16 (the last paragraph); 29 Zi ye ge 子夜歌(III)

Week 11 (Five-character Jueju 五言絶句) 3/28; 3/30

T [P:32 yi shi si shou 六憶詩四首 ( 沈約); Diao gan 釣竿(Shen Yue 沈約)] **We will discuss these poems, but you do not need to prepare the translation W: 109-115 "Innovations of the T'ang" (1st half) F: Intro. 30-32; 33 Song bie 送別 ( 王維);34 Xiang si 相思(Wang Wei 王維); 35 Su Jian de jiang 宿建德江 ( 孟浩然); 36 Yuan qing 怨情(Li Bo 李白); 37 jia niang 新嫁娘 ( 王建); 38 Jiang xue 江雪 ( 柳宗元); 39 Xun yin zhe bu yu 尋隱者不遇 ( 賈島)

Th P: 34, the first 5 poems, the first poem starts with the line "Fei niao bu qiong" 飛鳥去不窮 (Wang Wei 王維)

Week 12 Tang Poetry: Five-character Jueju 五言絶句 and Seven-character jueju 七言絶句 4/4; 4/6

T P: 34, the first 5 poems, the first poem starts with the line "Fei niao qu bu qiong" 飛鳥去不窮 (Wang Wei 王維); 35 Yu jie yuan 玉階怨 (the 1st poem) (Li Bo 李白); 36 Xing gong 行宮 (the 2nd poem) ( 元稹)

Th W: 122-137 "Innovations of the T'ang" (2nd half) *Please select 3 五言絶句 poems that we have so far read and memorize them (be prepared to write them down in class).

F: 40 (Intro), 41 九月九日憶山東兄弟 (Wang Wei 王維); 42 早發白帝城(Li Bo 李白); 43 贈王倫(Li Bo 李白); 45 烏衣 巷 ( 劉禹錫); 46 嫦娥( 李商隱)

Week 13 Seven-character Jueju 五言絕句; Five-character Lushi 五言律詩 4/11; 4/13

T P: 37 (4 poems, first one begins with Gu ren xi ci he lou 故人西辭黃鶴樓 )(Li Bo李白); 38 (first 2 poems, begins with Yan long han shui yue long sha 煙籠寒水月籠沙)( 杜牧); 38 (3rd poem)(); 39 (2nd poem, begin with lian jiang ye ru Wu 寒雨連江夜入吳) ( 王昌齡)

Th F: 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 P: 40 Han shan zhuan cang cui 寒山轉蒼翠(Wang Wei 王維);

*You may start turning in ideas or outlines for the final paper

Week 14 Seven-character Lushi 七言律詩; Ancient-style poetry 古體詩 4/18; 4/20

T F 60 (Intro to Ancient style poetry), 61 , 62, 67, 71 & 76 ( xing 琵琶行 by Bo Juyi 白居易; please finish Section 1 on p. 71, skip Secton 2, and move on to the first 4 lines and the last 4 lines of Section 3 on p. 76)

Th P: 41 Du yuan jing men wai 渡遠荊門外 (Li Bo 李白), 42 Xi feng an 細草微風岸 ( 杜甫) F: 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 P: 43 Feng huang tai shang feng huang you 鳳凰台上鳳凰游 (Li Bo 李白); 44 Sui mu yin yang cui duan jing 歲暮陰 陽催短景 (Du fu 杜甫)

Week 15 Ancient-style poetry 古體詩 4/25; 4/27

T F: 63, 65 P: 45 san yue shi 天津三月時(Li Bo), first 10 lines of the poem only; P: 50 ge 浩歌( 李賀 or Li Changji) only the first 8 lines that begin with Nan feng chui shan zuo ping di; 50-51 Jin tong ren ci han ge 金銅 仙人辭漢歌 (Li He), the preface on p. 50, and the poem that starts with "Mao ling Liu lang qiu feng ke" 茂陵劉郎秋 風客

Th Ancient-style poetry (continued)

Week 16 Poetry of the Ci genre 5/2; 5/4

T 溫庭筠; 韋莊 蘇軾; 歐陽修

*Course Instructor Survey

Th (Houzhu) 李煜 (後主); 李清照 Jiang Baishi (Kui) 姜白石 (夔)

** Final paper due on May 10. 7-8 pages, double-spaced.