Rereading the Stone (Podcast)

Five characters from Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 that have likely read 5 or more books:

1. Jia Zheng
2. Daiyu
3. Baoyu?
4. Shi Xiangyun
5. Jia Yucun

Wang Xifeng scolding a kneeling maid, Patience 平兒 standing by her side

🎙️episode drop🎙️ drop in on Chapter 44...

It’s Xifeng birthday, so everyone is having a good time, even if labor relations in the Jia household leave room for improvement

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hopefully one more episode drop before year's end 🤞; just got the files, can begin some slightly delayed editing

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Meanwhile co-host K is busy on the blog, performing an epic read-through of more or less every major Ming-Qing novel in its original Chinese

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Baoyu and Tealeaf at the Water Spirit Priory, from the television adaptation of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 #红楼梦 #石头记

We discuss Baoyuean theories of language as use, while also discussing the poetry of Cao Zhi 曹植 (192 – 232), including one “cutting edge” translation.

Baoyu and Tealeaf at the Water Spirit Priory 紅樓夢 #红楼梦 #石头记

Baoyu and Tealeaf at the Water Spirit Priory

🎙️episode drop🎙️ It’s time for part 2 (earth 土) of Chapter 43 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢), where Baoyu performs a non-performative ritual observance of the death of Golden.

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the whole gang, from the 1980s classic TV rendition of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢/ 石頭記

🎙️ episode drop🎙️ Chapter 43 part 1

This chapter admits of dualities? So here in part 1 we cover the first half (gold 金), which involves some extensive bickering over money (including an eyebrow-raising subscription scheme to raise funds for Xifeng’s birthday…)

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a post about A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, an acclaimed Chinese novels of the 17th century and an important precursor to Dream of the Red Chamber

this post discusses how its plot structure relates to the logic of romance novels and HEA endings

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a post about a novel that is directly in dialogue with Dream of the Red Chamber, is easily one of the greatest queer novels of the 19th century, and which, to this day, does not have an English Wikipedia entry

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What's longer, Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber? 🀄📚

a post about how to compare works written in different languages, and why it does (and does not) matter

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Lots of great Honglou-adjacent Ming-Qing literature-related postings happening on Kevin's blog! Do check it out. Here are some highlights:

Next episode will cover the second half of the chapter (earth 土).

the whole gang, from the 1980s classic TV rendition of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢/ 石頭記

🎙️ episode drop🎙️ Chapter 43 part 1

This chapter admits of dualities? So here in part 1 we cover the first half (gold 金), which involves some extensive bickering over money (including an eyebrow-raising subscription scheme to raise funds for Xifeng’s birthday…)

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If it were Rereading the Karenina, we'd be done by now!

#time #fake #construct #stone

So, yeah, this is why "it's taking so long," in case you were wondering

we are working through 2 and a half Kareninas, except with poetry, indeed, a lot of poetry, most of which we try at least to touch upon

bit of a delay in editing, getting files in order, etc. etc.

it's worth it, though, thanks for your patience; time is a construct when you're red-chamber dreamin'

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Episode drop! Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng Chapter 42 pt. 2 | kmichaelwilson Get more from kmichaelwilson on Patreon

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Daiyu delivering an apt insult

Or is it Daiyu who should be “called out” for her classist joke?

“Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu

painting depicting Grannie Liu aka "Mother Locust" (but don't call her that)

another painting, same series, Grannie Liu chatting with Grandmother Jia, most of the gang present

🎙️episode drop🎙️🌺 continuing the discussion of Chapter 42

Daiyu and Baochai exchange literary intimacies, and meta-literary musings! Is reading bad, actually? Or, is it Baochai who is kind of a fascist? Would Baochai reframe from reading her own book?

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Will Daiyu be cancelled for her classist remarks in Chapter 42? Find out soon, in this upcoming episode currently being edited!

cover to Lin Daiyu's collection of poetry, volume 1

is this anything

sisterly embrace

Suppose you were facing a lifetime of strangely illiquid “tear debt,” would you seek solace in historical novels and plays that serve no clear moral or dogmatic purpose?

1980s tv version of scene where Granny Liu chooses a name for Xifeng's daughter

🎙️episode drop 🎙️ we're talking chapter 42 of Dream of the Red Chamber #紅樓夢

Suppose your child were born on the seventh day of the seventh month, what would you do?

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Almost forgot to add, there have been some notable Qiao-jie sightings of late! Rumors of this naming's reflecting Granny Liu's "folk wisdom," confirmed!

As the podcast progresses, these inter-literary connections become more and more foregrounded:

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rare Daiyu looking at the camera moment

These and other questions are all addressed in this installment of Rereading the Stone, a podcast dedicated to historical Chinese literature, poetry, and philosophy.

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sisterly embrace

Suppose you were facing a lifetime of strangely illiquid “tear debt,” would you seek solace in historical novels and plays that serve no clear moral or dogmatic purpose?