HIS280Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cao Xueqin, Wu Jingzi, Pu Songling
Document Summary
High qing culture : talented women and books trend did continue through the qing professionalization of artist and play rights expanded and continued. Popular fiction and printing expansion of wood block print continued -> quality became lower but content became border. Qianglong -> antiques and calligraphy were the luxury items both a tool of cultural control by the local elites, and an expression of alienation or cynicism. Authority didnt approve some of the writing : men"s background were a little bit iffy. Pu songling -> 1640-1714 from northern china shangdong; known for collection of. 500 of short/ weird stories ; northern china had appearance of weird monsters ; he wrote it in old language passed the local exam at the age of 10 but then failed every other exam. Stranges tales [ miao zai zhi ye] the book was published after he died he was very poor.
