Richard B Mather

Biographic Data

ID1247348
NAMERichard B Mather
GIVEN NAMESRichard B
FAMILY NAMEMather
SIGNATUREMATHER R B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minnesota
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS36
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1953
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis

    Open AccessRichard B MatherBOOKPoet Shen Yueh2019

  • Chinese Views of Childhood

    Kenneth J Dewoskin, Charlotte Furth et al.BOOKChinese Views of Childhood2017

    Chinese in the twentieth century, intent on modernizing their country, condemned their inherited culture in part on the grounds that it was oppressive to the young. The authors of this pioneering volume provide us with the evidence to re-examine those charges. Drawing on sources ranging from art to medical treatises, fiction, and funerary writings, they separate out the many complexities in the Chinese cultural construction of childhood and the w…

  • In Memoriam

    Richard B MatherARTICLEEarly Medieval China2015

    up in China with Chinese being one of his native languages.He came to United States as a young man to attend Mercersburg Academy, and went on to Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude with a major in art and archaeology.It was there that

  • The Age-Transcending Friendship of the Poets Fan Yun (451–503) and He Xun (ca. 470–519)

    Richard B MatherARTICLEEarly Medieval China2008

  • The Age of Eternal Brilliance (2 vols): Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) Vol. I and II

    Richard B Mather, Richard MatherBOOKThe Age of Eternal Brilliance (2…2003

    This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYüeh, Hsieh T’iao, and Wang Jung, i.e. the full original texts, Professor Richard Mather’s full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who all had such a profound impact on succeeding centuries. The reader will here find first-hand reactions and ruminations by highly sensitive and articulate participants in the tumultuous events and intellectual currents…

  • Shih-shuo Hsin-yu: A New Account of Tales of the World

    Robert Joe Cutter, Richard B MatherREVIEWJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    Shih-shuo hsin-yu (A New Account of Tales of the World), compiled by Liu I-ch'ing (403-444), is a collection of anecdotes, short conversations, and pithy observations on personalities who lived in China between about 150 and 420 A.D. Mather's classic translation incorporates the commentary of Liu Chun (461-521), adding invaluable information through citations from lost works of the third and fourth centuries.The new edition introduces numerous re…

  • The Columbia History of Chinese Literature

    Richard B Mather, Victor H MairARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    ProlegomenonPrefaceMap of ChinaIntroduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture1. FoundationsLanguage and Script, by Victor H. MairMyth, by Anne BirrellPhilosophy and Literature in Early China, by Michael PuettThe Thirteen Classics, by Paul Rakita GoldinShih-ching Poetry and Didacticism in Ancient Chinese Literature, by Jeffrey RiegelThe Supernatural, by Rania HuntingtonWit and Humor, by Karin MyhreProverbs, by John S. RohsenowBuddhist Li…

  • Ritual Aspects of Hsieh T'iao's Wardenship of Hsüan-ch'eng

    Richard B MatherARTICLEEarly Medieval China2000

    A paramount ritual problem confronting the rulers of the Southern Dynasties in the fourth through the sixth centuries, with their capital in Chien-k'ang ~*(modem Nanjing), was maintaining the myth of interactive resonance between the centrality of the Pole Star in heaven, around which all the stars of heaven revolve, and the centrality of the emperor on earth, around whom all the regions of the earth, as it were, revolve in harmonious and loyal d…

  • The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

    Richard B Mather, Victor H MairARTICLEChinese Literature Essays…1997

    Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture Map of China Abbreviations Prolegomenon Preface Acknowledgements Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin Foundations Poetry Prose Fiction Drama Commentary, Criticism, and Interpretation Popular and Peripheral Manifestations Chart of the Chinese Dynasties Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin Glossary Contributors Index

  • The Poet Shen Yüeh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis

    C M Lai, Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1994

  • Chinese and Indian Perceptions of Each Other between the First and Seventh Centuries

    Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1992

    The earliest recorded perceptions of the Indian subcontinent in China are based on reports of traders, diplomats and generals. Though nothing substantive was reported about India's intellectual or cultural achievements, the accounts generally described a pleasant tropical land with exotic birds and animals, that produced colorful artifacts, and whose people were gentle and peace-loving. After the introduction of Buddhism into China during the fir…

  • The Poet Shen Yueh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis

    Robert Joe Cutter, Richard B MatherARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1991

    This book is a literary biography of Shen Yueh, a statesman, historian, poet, and devout lay defender of both Buddhism and Taoism. His active career spanned three successive dynasties (Liu-Sung, Nan-Ch'i, and Liang), whose capitals were located in the lower Yangtze city of Chien-k'ang (modern Nanking). The title Reticient Marquis (Yin-hou) was awarded him posthumously by the Liang Emperor Wu, who, though owing his own rise to power partly to Shen…

  • Hsieh T'iao's "Poetic Essay Requiting a Kindness" (Ch'ou-te fu)

    Richard B Mather, Hsieh T''Iao et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1990

  • The Life of the Buddha and the Buddhist Life: Wang Jung's (468-93) "Songs of Religious Joy" (Fa-le tz'u)

    Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1987

    The literary salon of the Southern Ch'i Prince of Ching-ling, Hsiao Tzu-liang (d. 494), in addition to introducing important prosodic innovations associated with the names of Shen Yueh and Hsieh T'iao, also produced some very noteworthy religious poetry. One of the most original of these religious poets, whose life was unhappily cut off at a very early age, was Wang Jung (468-93), who around the year 487 composed a cycle of twelve Songs of Religi…

  • Doctors, Diviners, and Magicians of Ancient China: Biographies of Fang-shih

    Richard B Mather, Kenneth J De WoskinARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1986

  • "Wang Jung's "Hymns on the Devotee's Entrance into the Pure Life

    Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1986

    Richard B. Mather, Wang Jung's "Hymns on the Devotee's Entrance into the Pure Life", Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 106, No. 1, Sinological Studies Dedicated to Edward H. Schafer (Jan. - Mar., 1986), pp. 79-98

  • The Bonze's Begging Bowl: Eating Practices in Buddhist Monasteries of Medieval India and China

    Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1981Cited by: 1

    Richard B. Mather, The Bonze's Begging Bowl: Eating Practices in Buddhist Monasteries of Medieval India and China, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 101, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1981), pp. 417-424

  • Shih-shuo Hsin-yü: A New Account of Tales of the World

    Donald E Gjertson, Liu I-Ch'Ing et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1980

  • The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, a Mahāyāna Scripture

    Richard B Mather, Robert A F Thurman et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1979

  • A History of Religion at the Grassroots Folk Buddhist Religion: Dissenting Sects in Late Traditional China . Daniel L. Overmyer

    Richard B MatherARTICLEHistory of Religions1978

  • Shih-shuo Hsin-yu: A New Account of Tales of the World

    Albert E Dien, Albert Ε Dien et al.ARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1977

  • Anthologie Chinoise des V et VI Siecles: Le Che-chuo-sin-yu Par Lieou (Tsuen) Hiao-Piao

    Richard B Mather, Bruno BelpaireARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1975

  • The Complete Works of Chuang-tzu

    Richard B Mather, Burton Watson et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1972

  • The Fine Art of Conversation: The Yen-yü P'ien of the Shih-shuo hsin-yü

    Richard B MatherARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1971

  • The Controversy over Conformity and Naturalness during the Six Dynasties

    Richard B MatherARTICLEHistory of Religions1969Cited by: 2