Colophons in countermotion: poems by Su Shih and Huang T'ing-chien on paintings

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Su Shih and Huang T'ing-chien both composed verse colophons, poems inscribed on or accompanying paintings, in the late 11th century, but the relationships they established between poem and painting were very different. Su Shih's poems set up a countermotion or tension between the painting and the colophon. In Huang's poems, on the other hand, the tension is between the colophon and other texts or settings. Su Shih's work has been more comprehensible to critics than Huang's.

Author: Sargent, Stuart H.
Publisher: Harvard-Yenching Institute
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 1992
Art and literature, Su Shi, Huang T'ing-chien

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Meaning beyond words: games and poems in the northern Song

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Literary games in the northern Song dynasty of China are discussed, with a focus on their popularity, social roles, and influence on Chinese poetry and aesthetics. Topics include games with meter, imagery games, and the ideal of "ancient" style. Works by Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) and Mei Yaochen (1002-1060) are examined.

Author: Hawes, Colin
Publisher: Harvard-Yenching Institute
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2000
China, History, Critical Essay, Word games, Play on words, Plays on words

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Subjects list: China, Criticism and interpretation, Chinese poetry
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