Clothing, Food, and Travel: Ming Material Culture as Reflected in Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan

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Liu Xiaoyi

Clothing, Food, and Travel

Ming Material Culture as Reflected in Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan

Liu Xiaoyi

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Routledge
06 May 2025

Literary studies: general; Regional studies

This book explores the material and cultural history of the Ming Dynasty based on the Chinese magnum opus Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan (literally, The Story of a Marital Fate to Awaken the World), written under the pseudonym of the seventeenth-century writer Xizhou Sheng.

The novel weaves into its narrative, through the characters' personalities and the events it illustrates, important details of Ming material life. Through the literary snapshot of the Ming material culture as reflected in Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan, this work investigates the practices and customs of clothing, food, and travel, three of the ""four major concerns of the people's livelihoods,"" known as yishizhuxing in Chinese. While frequenting economic dimensions and probing the impact that Ming politics had on the ethos and social economy of the period, it sheds significant light on folk customs, legal and religious practices, and the status of women, among other issues.

This work aims to enrich the current Western scholarship, done primarily by Timothy Brook, Craig Clunas, and Glen Dudbridge, on Ming material culture. The book will be of great value to students and scholars of East Asian Studies, Chinese literature, and those interested in the history of material culture in general.

By: Liu Xiaoyi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781032523262
ISBN 10: 1032523263
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 06 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Liu Xiaoyi is a professor at the School of Literature, Shandong University, China. She also serves on the Expert Committee of the Shandong Translators Association. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona. She has published 18 CSSCI and English papers, 5 Chinese monographs, and hosted national and ministerial translation projects. Her bilingual collection, The Past Lingers, presents her own lyrical writings with English translations and Shakespeare’s sonnets in localization rendering.