Du Fu

Jue Chen, Ph.D. (2016), Princeton University, is Assistant Professor of Chinese at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has co-authored a book on Song dynasty Chan poetry and published several articles on medieval Chinese literature.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderIntroduction1 Du Fu’s Image and Du Fu in Reception History Studies2 Du Fu and the Song Literati Culture3 Overview of the Book1 Memory of Du Fu before the Mid-Eleventh Century1 The “Li Du” Juxtaposition and “Li/Du” Dichotomy2 Hard Life3 Association with Shu4 Relationship with Yan Wu5 Death in Water2 A Collected Poet1 Wang Zhu’s Edition and the “Wu Ruo Edition”2 Collecting Du Fu’s Poems3 Biannian and Nianpu4 Biannian as Biographical Narrative and Critical Perspective3 “Shishi” and Reading Du Fu as History1 Reading Strategies and Authorial Image2 Reading Shishi: Human Emotions and Realistic Concerns3 How Du Fu Wrote Shishi: Rhetoric and Moralization4 Metamorphosis and Negotiation of Shishi4 Reading Du Fu in the Song Political Culture1 The Basic Tone for Du Fu Criticism: Tradition and Reality2 Wang Hui’s Reading of Certain Poems by Du Fu3 “Never Forgetting the Emperor Even during a Meal”4 Reading Du Fu in Political Vicissitudes5 Metamorphosis of Du Fu’s Loyalist Image in Southern Song5 The Poetic Craftsman1 Words and Allusions for Expression of Poetic Ideas2 Rules and Standards3 Toward a Narrative of Poetic Transition from Tang to SongConclusion: Making China’s Greatest Poet1 Song Poets’ Desire for Influence2 Du Fu in the Historical Changes in the Song3 “China’s Greatest Poet”BibliographyIndex