Tag Archives: folklore

2013: Critique of Historical Materialism in PRC Archaeology

Posted on 12/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Lately I’ve been reading Chinese articles on archaeological discoveries and how they have been changing the accepted picture of China’s past. Stressed also is historical materialism that informs how those discoveries are understood by the Party and apparently also by … Continue reading →

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1788 More Qing Ghosts: (2) Yuan Mei’s 子不語 Zibuyu Chapter Two

Posted on 08/06/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Reading old Chinese ghost stories and strange tales is great fun. I recently translated the first chapter from the early Great Qing (aka Qing Dynasty) collection 《子不語》 What Confucius Would Not Discuss by Yuan Mei (Chinese: 袁枚; pinyin: Yuán Méi; … Continue reading →

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1788: (1) Chinese Ghost Stories from “What Confucius Would Not Discuss” Chapter One

Posted on 07/26/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A ghost story collection was the top of a recent Twitter note by the Hungarian student of China Jakabfi Károly (霸王最忠之臣子) Károly has the parenthetical Twitter Chinese moniker ‘the most loyal minister of the hegemon’ – keep in mind hegemons … Continue reading →

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2006: Gao Bingzhong: On Dual Naming as Political Art

Posted on 04/20/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Multiple names for the same person or entity can be a strategy to agree to disagree. Here Professor Gao Bingzhong describes how a rural Henan community managed to continue their traditional religious traditions all the while mollifying (at least temporarily) … Continue reading →

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2023: PRC Political Zombies and the Zombie Economy

Posted on 03/13/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Zombies have been popular characters in literature and movies especially these past several decades although the undead of course have a much longer history than that! My economics teacher talked to us about zombie companies, already bankrupt, but still in … Continue reading →

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Anhui’s Water Spirit Hairy Monster Scare of 1953-4

Posted on 02/16/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The February 2016 issue of the Chinese journal Communist Party Historical Research and Education  《党史研究与教学》 tells the story, based on research in local government archives,  of a scary rumor from the early days of the PRC.  Widespread rumors of hairy monsters … Continue reading →

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