Thomas J Mazanec
Biographic Data
| ID | 1443629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas J Mazanec |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazanec |
| SIGNATURE | MAZANEC T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7738-7210 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
The consumption of food is simultaneously one of humanity’s most basic necessities and one of its greatest luxuries. It has, appropriately, both inspired and reflected cultural activities, from agricultural rituals and ascetic practices to epicurean banquets and poetry. At the present moment, we seem to be living in an era of peak food obsession, fueled by extremely popular food culture, the rapid rise of “foodie” life on social media, and heated…
Buddhist Poetry by Its Persecutors
As the highest ministers in the Tang empire in 842–45 CE, Li Shen and Li Deyu were responsible for overseeing one of the most intense persecutions of Buddhism. For this reason, scholars have described them as “hysterically anti-Buddhist.” At the same time, the two men wrote poetry about Buddhist sites, texts, and people in a sympathetic manner. This article explores the tension in these two ministers’ writing. I begin by examining works by two of…
Literary Virtue
Literary virtue is a foundational concept in classical Chinese literary theory, which places great value on the personal morality of a writer. After a brief introduction to the origins of the term, this article notes how literati, in their capacity as officers of the state, were held to strict moral standards while, at the same time, in their capacity as writers, often sought to break free of moral constraints, leading to a common slogan that “li…
Literary Debts in Tang China
This article describes three concepts of debt that were prominent in the literary world of Tang China – money, merit, and meter – and makes a case for their fungibility in certain contexts. The relationship between the three was more than just metaphoric – all were forms of currency with exchange value within their own spheres. In some cases, debts of money, merit, and meter could be repaid not just in kind, but also with one of the other forms o…
On Cold Mountain
On Cold Mountain: A Buddhist Reading of the Hanshan Poems. By Paul Rouzer. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016. Pp. xiv + 266. $40
Networks of Exchange Poetry in Late Medieval China
This article combines qualitative and quantitative methods to rethink the literary history of late medieval China (830–960 CE). It begins with an overview of exchange poetry in the Tang dynasty and its role in the construction of the poetic subject, namely, the poetic subject's distributed textual body. A total of 10,869 poems exchanged between 2,413 individuals are cataloged to seek the structure of the collectively imagined literary relations o…
Exploring Chinese Poetry with Digital Assistance
Digital tools provide instrumental services to the study of Chinese poetry in an era of big, open data. The authors employed nine representative collections of Chinese poetry, covering the years 1046 BCE to 1644 CE, in their demonstrations. They demonstrate sophisticated software that allows researchers to extract source material that meets multiple search criteria, which may consider words, poets, collections, and time of authoring, paving the w…
The Medieval Chinese Gāthā and Its Relationship to Poetry
This paper investigates the shifting definitions of the term gāthā (Ch. ji ) over an 800-year period, from the earliest sūtra translations into Chinese until the mid-tenth century. Although the term originally referred to the verse sections of scriptures, gāthā s soon began to circulate separately, used in ritual, contemplative, and pedagogical practices. By the late sixth century, it began to mean something like “Buddhist verse.” Over the course…
Networks of Exchange Poetry in Late Medieval China
This article combines qualitative and quantitative methods to rethink the literary history of late medieval China (830–960 CE). It begins with an overview of exchange poetry in the Tang dynasty and its role in the construction of the poetic subject, namely, the poetic subject's distributed textual body. A total of 10,869 poems exchanged between 2,413 individuals are cataloged to seek the structure of the collectively imagined literary relations o…
The Medieval Chinese Gāthā and Its Relationship to Poetry
This paper investigates the shifting definitions of the term gāthā (Ch. ji ) over an 800-year period, from the earliest sūtra translations into Chinese until the mid-tenth century. Although the term originally referred to the verse sections of scriptures, gāthā s soon began to circulate separately, used in ritual, contemplative, and pedagogical practices. By the late sixth century, it began to mean something like “Buddhist verse.” Over the course…
Networks of Exchange Poetry in Late Medieval China
This article combines qualitative and quantitative methods to rethink the literary history of late medieval China (830–960 CE). It begins with an overview of exchange poetry in the Tang dynasty and its role in the construction of the poetic subject, namely, the poetic subject's distributed textual body. A total of 10,869 poems exchanged between 2,413 individuals are cataloged to seek the structure of the collectively imagined literary relations o…
Exploring Chinese Poetry with Digital Assistance
Digital tools provide instrumental services to the study of Chinese poetry in an era of big, open data. The authors employed nine representative collections of Chinese poetry, covering the years 1046 BCE to 1644 CE, in their demonstrations. They demonstrate sophisticated software that allows researchers to extract source material that meets multiple search criteria, which may consider words, poets, collections, and time of authoring, paving the w…
On Cold Mountain
On Cold Mountain: A Buddhist Reading of the Hanshan Poems. By Paul Rouzer. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016. Pp. xiv + 266. $40
Literary Debts in Tang China
This article describes three concepts of debt that were prominent in the literary world of Tang China – money, merit, and meter – and makes a case for their fungibility in certain contexts. The relationship between the three was more than just metaphoric – all were forms of currency with exchange value within their own spheres. In some cases, debts of money, merit, and meter could be repaid not just in kind, but also with one of the other forms o…
Literary Virtue
Literary virtue is a foundational concept in classical Chinese literary theory, which places great value on the personal morality of a writer. After a brief introduction to the origins of the term, this article notes how literati, in their capacity as officers of the state, were held to strict moral standards while, at the same time, in their capacity as writers, often sought to break free of moral constraints, leading to a common slogan that “li…
Introduction
The consumption of food is simultaneously one of humanity’s most basic necessities and one of its greatest luxuries. It has, appropriately, both inspired and reflected cultural activities, from agricultural rituals and ascetic practices to epicurean banquets and poetry. At the present moment, we seem to be living in an era of peak food obsession, fueled by extremely popular food culture, the rapid rise of “foodie” life on social media, and heated…
Buddhist Poetry by Its Persecutors
As the highest ministers in the Tang empire in 842–45 CE, Li Shen and Li Deyu were responsible for overseeing one of the most intense persecutions of Buddhism. For this reason, scholars have described them as “hysterically anti-Buddhist.” At the same time, the two men wrote poetry about Buddhist sites, texts, and people in a sympathetic manner. This article explores the tension in these two ministers’ writing. I begin by examining works by two of…
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