Christopher Atwood

Today, Lee has a fascinating interview with Professor Christopher Atwood, of the University of Pennsylvania. He studies the Mongolian and Chinese Frontier, and he recently published The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources. Lee and Professor Atwood talk about the book and, more broadly, the early Chinese experience with the Mongols. 

Today, Lee has a fascinating interview with <a href="https://ealc.sas.upenn.edu/people/christopher-p-atwood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Christopher Atwood</a>, of the University of Pennsylvania. He studies the Mongolian and Chinese Frontier, and he recently published <a href="https://hackettpublishing.com/the-rise-of-the-mongols-five-chinese-sources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources</a>. Lee and Professor Atwood talk about the book and, more broadly, the early Chinese experience with the Mongols.

Rise of the Mongols - Interview with Professor Christopher Atwood

In this episode, a century-old Lu Xun story, Kong Yi Ji, has become popular again. The story reflects the struggles of youth unemployment in modern China. The story blows up on the Chinese internet. A rap song reinterprets that story, addressing contemporary issues like education and working conditions. The story demonstrates that Lu Xun remains relevant, and the debates he sparked continue today. #KongYiJi #YouthUnemployment #LuXun

In this episode, a century-old Lu Xun story, Kong Yi Ji, has become popular again. The story reflects the struggles of youth unemployment in modern China. The story blows up on the Chinese internet. A rap song reinterprets that story, addressing contemporary issues like education and working conditions. The story demonstrates that Lu Xun remains relevant, and the debates he sparked continue today. #KongYiJi #YouthUnemployment #LuXun

Kong Yi Ji Rap

A Taiwanese lesbian begins using dating apps, finds the love of her life, and then realizes she is not the love of her life, but decides to marry her any ways. You won't want to miss this week's episode is a strange look at marriage and death.

A Taiwanese lesbian begins using dating apps, finds the love of her life, and then realizes she is not the love of her life, but decides to marry her any ways. You won't want to miss this week's episode is a strange look at marriage and death.

Li Hiraku - A Strange Marriage

Today, we look at the somber poem of a Foxconn worker, Xu Lizhi. His poem, "A Screw Falls to the Ground," is a masterclass of how modern Chinese poetry is able to live up to the standards set by classical Chinese poetry. In this episode, I try to discuss what role the author's biography plays in how we interpret their poetry.

Today, we look at the somber poem of a Foxconn worker, Xu Lizhi. His poem, "A Screw Falls to the Ground," is a masterclass of how modern Chinese poetry is able to live up to the standards set by classical Chinese poetry. In this episode, I try to discuss what role the author's biography plays in how we interpret their poetry.

Xu Lizhi - A Screw Falls to the Ground

This is the first in a two-part mini-series on the screw in modern Chinese literature. Yep, that is right, the screw, the humble tool which binds the world. This week, I am looking at a passage in Lei Feng's diary on how he wants to be a screw for the Revolution, with a capital R. 

This is the first in a two-part mini-series on the screw in modern Chinese literature. Yep, that is right, the screw, the humble tool which binds the world. This week, I am looking at a passage in Lei Feng's diary on how he wants to be a screw for the Revolution, with a capital R.

Lei Feng's Screw

Mr. Close Enough...Mr. Cha Buduo. He never seems to get things quite right, but he represents everything China is about. This is his story, a short, sardonic piece by the scholar and UN Ambassador Hu Shi. In some ways, Mr. Close Enough echos Lu Xun's Ah Q, in other ways it is the polar opposite of that story. 

Mr. Close Enough...Mr. Cha Buduo. He never seems to get things quite right, but he represents everything China is about. This is his story, a short, sardonic piece by the scholar and UN Ambassador Hu Shi. In some ways, Mr. Close Enough echos Lu Xun's Ah Q, in other ways it is the polar opposite of that story.

Hu Shi - Mr. Close Enough

Xu Xu

Xu Xu is a writer who was very famous in the 1930's and 1940's. He lived in China until 1949, he was one of the country's most important writers during this period. Then, after the victory of the CCP, he, fearing for his safety, left for Hong Kong. He continued to write but drifted into obscurity. Professor Frederik Green at San Francisco State University published a translation of his work with Stone Bridge Press. Today's podcast is a fantastic interview with Professor Green. 

Xu Xu is a writer who was very famous in the 1930's and 1940's. He lived in China until 1949, he was one of the country's most important writers during this period. Then, after the victory of the CCP, he, fearing for his safety, left for Hong Kong. He continued to write but drifted into obscurity. Professor Frederik Green at San Francisco State University published a translation of his work with Stone Bridge Press. Today's podcast is a fantastic interview with Professor Green.

Xu Xu - Bird Talk - Interview with Frederik Green

Liu Xijun was a princess. Her father and mother were executed when they rebelled against the emperor, her great uncle. Liu was sent to marry a king of the distant Wusun, a group of Central Asian herders that the emperor was trying to curry favor with. This is her poem. 

Liu Xijun was a princess. Her father and mother were executed when they rebelled against the emperor, her great uncle. Liu was sent to marry a king of the distant Wusun, a group of Central Asian herders that the emperor was trying to curry favor with. This is her poem.

Liu Xijun - Song of Sadness

Li Bai

Li Bai - Going Down Zhongnan Mountain with Mountain Man Husi Staying at His Place and Hitting the Bottle

This week, the Chinese Literature Podcast goes where few literary scholars have gone before. We take a look at some poetry by sex workers in the city of Dalian. In the podcast, I use the poem to tackle issues of gender in China. Be forewarned, there is some explicit language in this poetry. 

This week, the Chinese Literature Podcast goes where few literary scholars have gone before. We take a look at some poetry by sex workers in the city of Dalian. In the podcast, I use the poem to tackle issues of gender in China. Be forewarned, there is some explicit language in this poetry.

Poetry from Sex Workers in Dalian

Rob and Lee Moore talk about Chinese Literature.

Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei in Canada

Kyle Anderson

This week, Lee interviews Kyle Anderson, who has just published the first volume in a young adult series titled MountainSea Scrolls. This first volume is called The 9 Tailed Fox. Dr. Anderson describes the series as Narnia meets China.  Dr. Anderson has also worked in translation and academia, and his work includes the translation of the fascinating Forget Me. 

This week, Lee interviews Kyle Anderson, who has just published the first volume in a young adult series titled MountainSea Scrolls. This first volume is called The 9 Tailed Fox. Dr. Anderson describes the series as Narnia meets China.  Dr. Anderson has also worked in translation and academia, and his work includes the translation of the fascinating Forget Me.

Interview with Kyle Anderson - Author of MountainSea Scroll Series

On the previous episode, I went all the way to the beginning of Chinese literature. This episode, I explore a contemporary novel, Mo Yan's Red Sorghum. It won Mo Yan the Nobel Prize, it has been made into a famous movie, this novel has been very influential. Let's dive in!

On the previous episode, I went all the way to the beginning of Chinese literature. This episode, I explore a contemporary novel, Mo Yan's Red Sorghum. It won Mo Yan the Nobel Prize, it has been made into a famous movie, this novel has been very influential. Let's dive in!

Mo Yan

Oracle Bones (甲骨文) are the oldest written Chinese texts that have ever been discovered. Today, Lee looks at what Oracle Bones are, how they were discovered in the 1890's and reads out the translation of two of them in a podcast that takes it back to the very beginning of Chinese literature. 

Oracle Bones (甲骨文) are the oldest written Chinese texts that have ever been discovered. Today, Lee looks at what Oracle Bones are, how they were discovered in the 1890's and reads out the translation of two of them in a podcast that takes it back to the very beginning of Chinese literature.

Oracle Bones

Our 'traditional' new year/end of the year podcast where we update listeners on what is happening with our lives and the podcast. This year, we sadly have to announce that Rob is no longer going to be a regular contributer to the podcast. Lee will be taking both reins, though Rob will come back on from time to time. In this episode, Rob and Lee discuss the podcast, its history and their lives. 

Our 'traditional' new year/end of the year podcast where we update listeners on what is happening with our lives and the podcast. This year, we sadly have to announce that Rob is no longer going to be a regular contributer to the podcast. Lee will be taking both reins, though Rob will come back on from time to time. In this episode, Rob and Lee discuss the podcast, its history and their lives.

End of the Year Podcast

This week we have a poem by Gu Cheng 顧城, one of the wonderboys to come out of the 1980's. He left China, immigrating to New Zealand, got a teaching job and then murdered his wife with an ax. His poetry was as sharp and succinct as his ax.

This week we have a poem by Gu Cheng 顧城, one of the wonderboys to come out of the 1980's. He left China, immigrating to New Zealand, got a teaching job and then murdered his wife with an ax. His poetry was as sharp and succinct as his ax.

Gu Cheng - A Generation

In this week's episode, we look at a series of three poems by Su Dongpo, the Song poet who was sent into exile multiple times. This series of poems is about his time in the crummiest of exiles, on Hainan Island. Drunkeness here is a metaphor for giving up on life in officialdom (though it was also non-metaphorical as well...). 

In this week's episode, we look at a series of three poems by Su Dongpo, the Song poet who was sent into exile multiple times. This series of poems is about his time in the crummiest of exiles, on Hainan Island. Drunkeness here is a metaphor for giving up on life in officialdom (though it was also non-metaphorical as well...).

Su Dongpo Gets Drunk in Exile

Ouyang Xiu

This week, Rob and Lee look at a short essay where Ouyang Xiu talks about a Mei Yaochen poem that he finds woven into the fabric of a barbarian's bag. Their discussion touches not only on the poem, but also on questions of the materiality of literature. 

This week, Rob and Lee look at a short essay where Ouyang Xiu talks about a Mei Yaochen poem that he finds woven into the fabric of a barbarian's bag. Their discussion touches not only on the poem, but also on questions of the materiality of literature.

Ouyang Xiu - Reflections on Mei Yaochen Poem/Bag

Bei Dao is one of the first great poets in the Post-Mao era, and this short poem demonstrates why. 

Bei Dao is one of the first great poets in the Post-Mao era, and this short poem demonstrates why.

Bei Dao - The Answer

Mao Zedong

This week looks a poem by Mao Zedong celebrating the communist defeat of a tiny parasite. "Shooing Away the God of Epidemics" was written in 1956 upon Mao hearing that a county in Jiangxi had eliminated all their blood flukes.   &lt;p id="block-ee618d12-6a39-4553-a8c9-c8bbb42f0301" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "ee618d12-6a39-4553-a8c9-c8bbb42f0301" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;#1&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-eded7b08-9fb1-42b3-9e3f-a7cf2b34a6fd" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "eded7b08-9fb1-42b3-9e3f-a7cf2b34a6fd" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;China’s green waters and the blue mountains are so numerous&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-3b676ab6-ec64-475c-b56c-489e7154446c" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "3b676ab6-ec64-475c-b56c-489e7154446c" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;but even the great ancient Chinese medical theorist Hua Tou is unable to take care of this little worm,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-ac273163-7002-44ae-958f-2c38776bbb2d" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "ac273163-7002-44ae-958f-2c38776bbb2d" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;The thousand villages are covered in vines and peppered with their leaking shit,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-c161feac-8ec1-4d70-914f-63b74b1f3d24" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "c161feac-8ec1-4d70-914f-63b74b1f3d24" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;the ten thousand homes are abandoned, only ghosts sing inside them. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-045d64e7-6017-4955-acfd-13b89342692d" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "045d64e7-6017-4955-acfd-13b89342692d" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;He sits on the Earth everyday and walks 80,000 miles,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-a5092ce4-40ce-45cc-80fa-7620a513a24e" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "a5092ce4-40ce-45cc-80fa-7620a513a24e" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;He roams through the heavens and looks out the distance at the thousand rivers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-252435df-f0b1-46a3-bebc-79dd67001f36" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "252435df-f0b1-46a3-bebc-79dd67001f36" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;China’s Orion constellation desires to ask the God of Epidemics about it,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-978a57da-ed72-4230-9a8f-03e3798cebb9" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "978a57da-ed72-4230-9a8f-03e3798cebb9" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;happiness and hopelessness are all the same as time goes by.  &lt;/p&gt; 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&lt;p id="block-df287d0d-e8d3-4add-be09-3c86b713bf91" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "df287d0d-e8d3-4add-be09-3c86b713bf91" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;坐地日行八万里，巡天14遥看一千河。&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-99ceb214-bb4f-4320-9114-cf786e4b1878" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "99ceb214-bb4f-4320-9114-cf786e4b1878" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;牛郎4欲问瘟神事，一样悲欢15逐逝波5。&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-58b203e8-2c9d-45e1-bb75-a4a809897195" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label= "Empty block; start writing or type forward slash to choose a block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "58b203e8-2c9d-45e1-bb75-a4a809897195" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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&lt;p id="block-2cdfd012-a2a7-42ed-86c6-c455b76c5aef" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "2cdfd012-a2a7-42ed-86c6-c455b76c5aef" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;Showers of red petals, and our fulfilled hearts have been translated into waves, &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-f7ea0a5b-17b6-4461-ae92-b315df8024ec" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "f7ea0a5b-17b6-4461-ae92-b315df8024ec" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;the green mountain has been carefully transformed into bridges. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-9726cd48-a4e0-4d97-8f96-2796256e7ca4" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "9726cd48-a4e0-4d97-8f96-2796256e7ca4" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;High up, the people are using their silvery hoes to dig canals, &lt;/p&gt; 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This week looks a poem by Mao Zedong celebrating the communist defeat of a tiny parasite. "Shooing Away the God of Epidemics" was written in 1956 upon Mao hearing that a county in Jiangxi had eliminated all their blood flukes.  <code> &lt;p id="block-ee618d12-6a39-4553-a8c9-c8bbb42f0301" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "ee618d12-6a39-4553-a8c9-c8bbb42f0301" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;#1&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-eded7b08-9fb1-42b3-9e3f-a7cf2b34a6fd" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "eded7b08-9fb1-42b3-9e3f-a7cf2b34a6fd" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;China’s green waters and the blue mountains are so numerous&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-3b676ab6-ec64-475c-b56c-489e7154446c" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "3b676ab6-ec64-475c-b56c-489e7154446c" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;but even the great ancient Chinese medical theorist Hua Tou is unable to take care of this little worm,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-ac273163-7002-44ae-958f-2c38776bbb2d" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "ac273163-7002-44ae-958f-2c38776bbb2d" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;The thousand villages are covered in vines and peppered with their leaking shit,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-c161feac-8ec1-4d70-914f-63b74b1f3d24" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "c161feac-8ec1-4d70-914f-63b74b1f3d24" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;the ten thousand homes are abandoned, only ghosts sing inside them. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-045d64e7-6017-4955-acfd-13b89342692d" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "045d64e7-6017-4955-acfd-13b89342692d" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;He sits on the Earth everyday and walks 80,000 miles,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-a5092ce4-40ce-45cc-80fa-7620a513a24e" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "a5092ce4-40ce-45cc-80fa-7620a513a24e" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;He roams through the heavens and looks out the distance at the thousand rivers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-252435df-f0b1-46a3-bebc-79dd67001f36" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "252435df-f0b1-46a3-bebc-79dd67001f36" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;China’s Orion constellation desires to ask the God of Epidemics about it,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="block-978a57da-ed72-4230-9a8f-03e3798cebb9" class= "block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" tabindex="0" role="textbox" aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" data-block= "978a57da-ed72-4230-9a8f-03e3798cebb9" data-type="core/paragraph" data-title="Paragraph"&gt;happiness and hopelessness are all the same as time goes by.  &lt;/p&gt; 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