Rereading the Stone (Podcast)
@rereadingstone.bsky.social
a podcast by @kmichaelwilson.bsky.social
& William Jones on Chinese literature, poetry, & philosophy, currently: Qing dynasty classic Dream of the Red Chamber #紅樓夢 #石頭記
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& William Jones on Chinese literature, poetry, & philosophy, currently: Qing dynasty classic Dream of the Red Chamber #紅樓夢 #石頭記
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1269965
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Many don't know that literature isn't actively studied anymore in the university (especially Ming-Qing literature)!
You gotta support independent scholars, where all the *real* research and translation are occurring
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Support the show!
Many don't know that literature isn't actively studied anymore in the university (especially Ming-Qing literature)!
You gotta support independent scholars, where all the *real* research and translation are occurring
www.buzzsprout.com/1269965/supp...
Many don't know that literature isn't actively studied anymore in the university (especially Ming-Qing literature)!
You gotta support independent scholars, where all the *real* research and translation are occurring
www.buzzsprout.com/1269965/supp...
Meanwhile co-host K is busy on the blog, performing an epic read-through of more or less every major Ming-Qing novel in its original Chinese
Check out this energetic post, such scholasticism:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
Check out this energetic post, such scholasticism:
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This “solution” to the problem of “world’s worst wife” is contrasted with divorce, even despite the strength of Di Xichen’s individual case against Xue Sujie, whose “crimes against nature” were inscribed on her very face and body (after the monkey incident)
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Meanwhile co-host K is busy on the blog, performing an epic read-through of more or less every major Ming-Qing novel in its original Chinese
Check out this energetic post, such scholasticism:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
Check out this energetic post, such scholasticism:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
We discuss Baoyuean theories of language as use, while also discussing the poetry of Cao Zhi 曹植 (192 – 232), including one “cutting edge” translation.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We discuss Baoyuean theories of language as use, while also discussing the poetry of Cao Zhi 曹植 (192 – 232), including one “cutting edge” translation.
Consider supporting either the show or the patreon! 🔥🙏 anything helps
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Do also subscribe to the podcast, and maybe "rate and review" if you're bored or whatever
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October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Consider supporting either the show or the patreon! 🔥🙏 anything helps
There are also free subscription options on the patreon to have posts delivered to your email
Do also subscribe to the podcast, and maybe "rate and review" if you're bored or whatever
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There are also free subscription options on the patreon to have posts delivered to your email
Do also subscribe to the podcast, and maybe "rate and review" if you're bored or whatever
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a post about A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, an acclaimed Chinese novels of the 17th century and an important precursor to Dream of the Red Chamber
this post discusses how its plot structure relates to the logic of romance novels and HEA endings
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this post discusses how its plot structure relates to the logic of romance novels and HEA endings
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Big Reading, Big Lists, and a Big New Idea I'm calling "Anti-Romance" | kmichaelwilson
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October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
a post about A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, an acclaimed Chinese novels of the 17th century and an important precursor to Dream of the Red Chamber
this post discusses how its plot structure relates to the logic of romance novels and HEA endings
www.patreon.com/posts/big-re...
this post discusses how its plot structure relates to the logic of romance novels and HEA endings
www.patreon.com/posts/big-re...
a post about a novel that is directly in dialogue with Dream of the Red Chamber, is easily one of the greatest queer novels of the 19th century, and which, to this day, does not have an English Wikipedia entry
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Nothing Mongering, and the Feeling When “Important Literature” Doesn’t Have an English-language Wikipedia Entry | kmichaelwilson
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October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
a post about a novel that is directly in dialogue with Dream of the Red Chamber, is easily one of the greatest queer novels of the 19th century, and which, to this day, does not have an English Wikipedia entry
www.patreon.com/posts/nothin...
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What's longer, Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber? 🀄📚
a post about how to compare works written in different languages, and why it does (and does not) matter
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a post about how to compare works written in different languages, and why it does (and does not) matter
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Big Book Energy, and How to Measure It | kmichaelwilson
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October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What's longer, Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber? 🀄📚
a post about how to compare works written in different languages, and why it does (and does not) matter
www.patreon.com/posts/big-bo...
a post about how to compare works written in different languages, and why it does (and does not) matter
www.patreon.com/posts/big-bo...
Lots of great Honglou-adjacent Ming-Qing literature-related postings happening on Kevin's blog! Do check it out. Here are some highlights:
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lots of great Honglou-adjacent Ming-Qing literature-related postings happening on Kevin's blog! Do check it out. Here are some highlights:
Next episode will cover the second half of the chapter (earth 土).
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Next episode will cover the second half of the chapter (earth 土).
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Or is it Daiyu who should be “called out” for her classist joke?
“Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu
“Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu
August 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Or is it Daiyu who should be “called out” for her classist joke?
“Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu
“Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu
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Suppose you were facing a lifetime of strangely illiquid “tear debt,” would you seek solace in historical novels and plays that serve no clear moral or dogmatic purpose?
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Suppose you were facing a lifetime of strangely illiquid “tear debt,” would you seek solace in historical novels and plays that serve no clear moral or dogmatic purpose?
Almost forgot to add, there have been some notable Qiao-jie sightings of late! Rumors of this naming's reflecting Granny Liu's "folk wisdom," confirmed!
As the podcast progresses, these inter-literary connections become more and more foregrounded:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
As the podcast progresses, these inter-literary connections become more and more foregrounded:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
Remember in Chapter 42 of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, when Granny Liu uses her “folk wisdom” to choose the name Qiao-jie for Xifeng's daughter, on account of her serendipitously (qiao-he 巧合) being born on the 7th day of the 7th month!
Well, check it out, we got another one!
Well, check it out, we got another one!
July 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Almost forgot to add, there have been some notable Qiao-jie sightings of late! Rumors of this naming's reflecting Granny Liu's "folk wisdom," confirmed!
As the podcast progresses, these inter-literary connections become more and more foregrounded:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
As the podcast progresses, these inter-literary connections become more and more foregrounded:
bsky.app/profile/kmic...
Always great to support podcasts and independent scholarship! Any amount greatly appreciated. 🙏
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July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Always great to support podcasts and independent scholarship! Any amount greatly appreciated. 🙏
Through our support page:
www.buzzsprout.com/1269965/supp...
Or through the patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/kmichaelwi...
Through our support page:
www.buzzsprout.com/1269965/supp...
Or through the patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/kmichaelwi...