TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion, Money, and Beauty
T2 - Variation and Innovation in the Story of Shuang Jian and Su Xiaoqing
AU - Chen, Tianjun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Permanent Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, Inc. 2023.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This paper explores the circulation, recension, and reception of the story of Shuang Jian and Su Xiaoqing. This understudied story is one of the three most popular stories of the Song, Jin, and Yuan periods, appearing in zhugongdiao, zaju, and sanqu. The variations in how Yuan sanqu writers narrated, appropriated, and interpreted the story reveal three ways of portraying Su Xiaoqing: as a virtuous, victimized courtesan who mirrors her scholarly lover; as a gold digger who chooses wealth over talent; or as the primary agent who dominates all of her relationships. The juxtaposition and interconnectedness of these narrative systems manifest the flexibility and inclusiveness of the textual space of the Yuan and the distinctiveness of sanqu as an independent literary genre.
AB - This paper explores the circulation, recension, and reception of the story of Shuang Jian and Su Xiaoqing. This understudied story is one of the three most popular stories of the Song, Jin, and Yuan periods, appearing in zhugongdiao, zaju, and sanqu. The variations in how Yuan sanqu writers narrated, appropriated, and interpreted the story reveal three ways of portraying Su Xiaoqing: as a virtuous, victimized courtesan who mirrors her scholarly lover; as a gold digger who chooses wealth over talent; or as the primary agent who dominates all of her relationships. The juxtaposition and interconnectedness of these narrative systems manifest the flexibility and inclusiveness of the textual space of the Yuan and the distinctiveness of sanqu as an independent literary genre.
KW - Shuang Jian
KW - Su Xiaoqing (Suqing)
KW - sanqu
KW - scholar–courtesan romance
KW - zaju
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85178949072
U2 - 10.1353/cop.2023.a910839
DO - 10.1353/cop.2023.a910839
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85178949072
SN - 2835-317X
VL - 42
SP - 99
EP - 129
JO - CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature
JF - CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature
IS - 2
ER -