What the Master Would Not Discuss

What the Master Would Not Discuss

Cover of a 1934 edition of What the Master Would Not Discuss
Author	Yuan Mei
Original title	子 不 語
Language	Chinese
Genre	Biji, Gods and demons fiction, supernatural, fantasy, adventure
Publication date	1788 CE
Publication place	Qing dynasty China
Media type	Print

1. Volumes or juan (巻).

References

Citations

1. Santangelo & Yan edd. (2013).
2. Thome (2008).
3. Kam & Edwards trr. (1996).
4. Confucius. Shu Er, Analects 《论语·述而》: "Zi bu yu guai, li, luan, shen 子 不 语 怪、力、乱、神。"
5. Lau, D. C. tr. (1982) [1979] Confucius: The Analects, Book Seven, p. 88 apud Kam & Edwards trr. (1996), p. xxiii
6. Kam & Edwards trr. (1996), p. xxiii.
7. Kam & Edwards trr. (1996), p. xxxiii.
8. Lo trr. (1992), p. 77.
9. Lu, Hsun (2000) [1930]. A Brief History of Chinese Fiction. Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific. pp. 260–261. ISBN   9780898751543.
10. Kam & Edwards trr. (1996), p. xxx.
11. Kam & Edwards trr. (1996), p. xxiv.
12. Thome (2008), p. 27.
13. Santangelo & Yan edd. (2013), p. 1.

Works cited

• Thome, Jennifer (2008). Strange Overtones: The Expressions of Resentment and Compassion in Yuan Mei's What the Master Does not Speak of (M.A.). Arizona State University.

• Yüan, Mei (1996). Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei. Translated by Kam, Louie; Edwards, Louise P. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN   9781563246807.

• Yuan, Mei (Spring 1992). "New Wonder Tales of Qi: excerpts". Renditions: A Chinese-English Translation Magazine (37: Special section on Post-Misty Poetry). Translated by Lo, Yuet Keung: 77–85.

• Yuan, Mei (2013). Santangelo, Paolo; Yan, Beiwen (eds.). Zibuyu, What the Master Would Not Discuss. Leiden: BRILL. ISBN   9789004216280.

External links

• China Knowledge

What the Master Would Not Discuss
Traditional Chinese	子不語
Simplified Chinese	子不语
Literal meaning	master not discuss
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zǐ bù yǔ Wade–Giles tzu1-bu4-yu3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jí bāt yúh Jyutping zi2 bat1 jyu5

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