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A 98–99; Creation Society’s translation, Abrams, Meyer H., 75, 182 82, 94, 95, 97; Guo’s translation, 101, Agamben, Giorgio, 217, 220 148; Guo’s writings as, 103, 107; Lu allegory (allegorization), 2, 8, 14, 24, Xun’s translation, 98 28–29, 36, 53, 83, 114–15, 118, 132–33, Auster, John, 122–23, 125 136, 139, 144, 150, 153–54, 157, 194, autobiography, 165, 169–71, 195 196–200, 210, 212–13, 224–25, 228–31, autobiography, Guo’s: approach to, 36, 257, 280–81, 287; “allegorization of the 163–64; autobiographical fiction, 166, ancient for contemporary causes,” 197; 167–68; context and timing, 168–69, as fengyu, 120–21 169n20; critics on, 165, 184; identifica- Althusser, Louis, 173 tion with the modern epoch, 169–72, anachronism: approach to, 283; Chinese 174; on motivation for historical term for, 28n104; in Guo-Mao poetic studies, 176; publication, 163; relation dialogue, 16, 274–76; Guo’s use and of expression in, 173; relationship to view, 28, 282, 285; revolutionary use historiography, 174–75, 183, 190–91, 195; of antiquity, 199, 273, 280 restaging of arranged marriage account, Anderson, Kevin, 189 191–95; sexuality theme, 173–74 Anti-Rightist movement, 227, 230 “Awakening from a Dream” (“Meng apostrophe: approach to, 35, 42, 46, 47–48, xing”) (Gou), 106 80; Culler on, 46–47, 58, 208; Guo’s use, 41–42, 44–46; self-empowerment B vs. passivity paradox, 76–77. See also Badiou, Alain, 22, 272 “Good Morning” (“Chen an”) (Guo) Ban Wang, 80, 280 April Twelfth Purge (1927), 85 Bartels, Nora, 128, 144 Around the Time of the 1911 Revolution “Before Leaving Shanghai” (“Li Hu (Fanzheng qianhou) (Guo), 172, 173 zhiqian”) (Guo), 101–3, 116 Aufheben (aofuhebian): approach to, 35, Benjamin, Walter, 8, 16n39, 19n52, 29, 83, 100, 117; conflict over translation, 34n131, 116, 269n145, 295n83 Index 325
Berman, Antoine, 68, 295 translation; New Literature; New biange (revolutionary change), 174, 175 Poetry Bloch, Ernst, 28n101, 29, 138, 146, 148, Chinese Revolution: approach to, 6, 194 162–63, 295–96; 1953 achievements, Bloom, Harold, 76–77 251; Anti-Rightist movement, 227; Book of Changes, 186 definition, 8, 21; dialectical images of, Book of Documents (Shang shu), 234 116–17; Faust as allegory for, 151–54; Book of Songs, see Shi jing (Book of late development, 148; nonsynchronis- Songs) tic experience, 27–28; people (renmin) The Bronze Age (Qingtong shidai) (Guo), discourse, 257; periodization, 21–22, 14 24–25, 29, 119–20, 184; postwar period, Brown, Jane, 119, 146, 155 148–49; relationship to ancient past, 28, 33, 161–62, 199, 213–14, 232, C 243–44, 273, 280–81; as translated Cai Wenji (Guo), 226–27, 228–29, 230–31 modernity, 27; translation in, 31–32, Cao Juren, 239n22, 240, 244 157–58. See also Chinese Communist capitalism, 5n19, 9, 12, 17, 50, 57, 105–106, Party; Creation Society; cultural 119, 131, 147, 153, 164, 168, 172, 177, 181, revolution; Cultural Revolution; Great 289 Leap Forward; May Fourth New Chandler, James, 24, 28, 77, 78–79 Culture Movement; New Democratic Chang, Kwang-chih, 185, 214n62 Revolution; people (renmin); War of change of direction (fangxiang zhuan- Resistance Against Japanese hau), 19n53 Aggression Chen Mengjia, 185 class analysis, 4, 260, 266–69 Chen, Xiaoming, 6n20, 12n31, 18, 19, 180, classical-style poetry (ancient-style 283 poetry), 4, 7, 16, 61–64, 66–67, 77, Cheng Fangwu, 12, 88, 91, 92, 95 125–26, 141, 143, 162, 233–36, 271–72, Cheng Kai, 79, 87n13, 101n59 276–80 Chiang Kai-shek, see Jiang Jieshi “The Cocklebur” (“Zhounan juan’er”) Chinese Communist Party (CCP): (Guo), 237–40 Confucianism and, 220; Creation Cockleburs (Juan’er ji) (Guo), 233, 236, Society and, 97n47; Guo in, 4, 6, 243, 250–51, 252. See also Shi jing (Book 13–14, 25n89, 86, 230; Guomindang of Songs) relations, 13, 14, 84–87, 119, 135, 149, Cohen, Paul, 227 150n114, 196, 203–4, 277; in Guo’s Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 75 historical dramas, 231; leadership of, Comay, Rebecca, 28n101, 113 4, 228–232, 251, 291; people’s democ- communism (gongchanzhuyi), 12, 17–18, racy (new democracy), 139, 153–54, 27, 179, 227, 282–83, 285, 289, 291; 199, 218–19, 257; relationship with primitive communism, 181, 183, 186, intellectuals, 230. See also Chinese 248. See also Confucianism; datong; Revolution; Cultural Revolution; Marxism Mao Zedong; and New Democratic Complete Works of Guo Moruo, 17 Revolution Confucianism: Confucian humanism, Chinese literature, modern, 42, 53–54, 28, 198–99, 220–21, 259, 275; Guomin 168, 227. See also modernizing dang and Communist debate on, 220;