Weijing Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3959410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weijing Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weijing |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6439-5505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mystery and History
In the late 18th century, the discovery of “A Letter to My Husband” (Jiwai shu), attributed to a woman named Yunzhen, caused great excitement in Beijing. Focusing on the question of how the mysterious letter captured the imagination of the literati, this article employs the strategy of contextualized reading to tease out social and cultural milieus and the textures of sentimentality of its readers. It suggests that the letter's resonating power r…
Poetry, Intimacy, and Male Fidelity
One of the young couples that exemplified the “perfect match” marriage in Qing history, Sun Xingyan 孫星衍 and Wang Caiwei 王采薇 left behind personal records that give us a glimpse into the intimate world they created, from intellectually stimulating post-marriage courtship, to mourning and pledge of fidelity when Wang Caiwei died. Analyzing this record in the contexts of the Qing literati glorification of “perfect match” marriage and the couple's fam…
A Wife’s Sacrifices
Shechi de nüren
Market Orientation or Social Orientation
The current studies about the transformation of government-organized foundation ( go -foundation) usually focus on “de-administration.” Basing on new institutionalism and resource dependence theory, the study adds substantive rationality to explain go -foundation transformation in China, and chooses 4 typical cases in Lushan earthquake relief in 2013. The study finds that, the go -foundation goes towards two different directions during transforma…
Reviving an Ancient Filial Ideal
Lumu, a private act of mourning ritual, grew into a cultural phenomenon with considerable appeal in the seventeenth century. The era saw a range of activities that placed lumu at the center of the neo-Confucian call for moral cultivation, and lumu was a focal point of acting out Confucian virtue. This paper details the cases that centered on three preeminent men—Feng Shaoxu, Sun Qifeng, and Fang Yizhi. It demonstrates that, whether by promoting i…
Historicizing Great Bliss
S e x u a l u n i o n , b y d e S i g n , i S t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t of human society and the beginning of nature. The intercourse of Heaven and Earth balances the universe; intercourse of a man and a woman results in the proper order of yin and yang. This is why Confucius declared the greatness of marriage and why the ancient poet composed the masterpiece “Zhongsi” (“Locusts”). These are all rooted in sexual union, if one explores the fun…
Abstaining from Sex
Male-Male Sexual Bonding and Male Friendship in Late Imperial China
I t I s a c o n s e n s u s s h a r e d b y m a n y scholars of Chinese cultural and gender histories that male-male sexual relationships during the late imperial period were often characterized by a fairly rigid hierarchy based on the differences of symbolic gender identity, social status, and age. That is, such a relationship often involved two men whose respective roles as the “active” (often the penetrator) and the “passive” (often the penetr…
Anecdotal Writing on Illicit Sex in Song China (960-1279)
The Gendered Body in the Qing Courtroom
T h i s a r T i c l e p r e s e n T s a va r i e T y o f court cases, including homicides and marriage disputes, from eighteenthand nineteenth-century China in which magistrates scrutinized bodies for evidence about gender performance. In order to judge these cases properly, magistrates needed to find out whether the persons under scrutiny were physically capable of normative gender roles or had violated the rules governing such roles; their judg…
The Chaste and the Licentious
Shiji Binü Shengcun Zhuangtai Yanjiu 16-18
A Pearl in the Palm”
The Chinese daughter has long been portrayed as an abject victim. However, abundant writings by Qing men reveal a genuine sentiment of love for daughters. This article demonstrates that loving a daughter was possible even in a society that valued sons over daughters. It further argues that the very political and social ins 1 titutions that historians believe bolstered gender inequality, such as the civil examinations and the marriage system, migh…
True to Her Word
This path-breaking book examines the broad cultural, social, and gender meanings of the "faithful maiden" cult in late imperial China (1368–1911). Across the empire, an increasing number of young women or "faithful maidens," defied their parents' wishes and chose either to live out their lives as widows upon the death of a fiancé or killed themselves to join their fiancé in death. The book analyzes the familial conflicts, government policies, ide…
True to Her Word
This book examines the broad cultural, social, and gender meanings of the “faithful maiden” cult in late imperial China (1368–1911). Across the empire, an increasing number of young women or “faithful maidens,” defied their parents' wishes and chose either to live out their lives as widows upon the death of a fiancé or killed themselves to join their fiancé in death. The book analyzes the familial conflicts, government policies, ideological contr…
Uxorilocal Marriage among Qing Literati
Late Imperial China - Volume 19, Number 2, December 1998
Abstaining from Sex
Male-Male Sexual Bonding and Male Friendship in Late Imperial China
I t I s a c o n s e n s u s s h a r e d b y m a n y scholars of Chinese cultural and gender histories that male-male sexual relationships during the late imperial period were often characterized by a fairly rigid hierarchy based on the differences of symbolic gender identity, social status, and age. That is, such a relationship often involved two men whose respective roles as the “active” (often the penetrator) and the “passive” (often the penetr…
The Gendered Body in the Qing Courtroom
T h i s a r T i c l e p r e s e n T s a va r i e T y o f court cases, including homicides and marriage disputes, from eighteenthand nineteenth-century China in which magistrates scrutinized bodies for evidence about gender performance. In order to judge these cases properly, magistrates needed to find out whether the persons under scrutiny were physically capable of normative gender roles or had violated the rules governing such roles; their judg…
Uxorilocal Marriage among Qing Literati
Late Imperial China - Volume 19, Number 2, December 1998
True to Her Word
This path-breaking book examines the broad cultural, social, and gender meanings of the "faithful maiden" cult in late imperial China (1368–1911). Across the empire, an increasing number of young women or "faithful maidens," defied their parents' wishes and chose either to live out their lives as widows upon the death of a fiancé or killed themselves to join their fiancé in death. The book analyzes the familial conflicts, government policies, ide…
True to Her Word
This book examines the broad cultural, social, and gender meanings of the “faithful maiden” cult in late imperial China (1368–1911). Across the empire, an increasing number of young women or “faithful maidens,” defied their parents' wishes and chose either to live out their lives as widows upon the death of a fiancé or killed themselves to join their fiancé in death. The book analyzes the familial conflicts, government policies, ideological contr…
The Chaste and the Licentious
Shiji Binü Shengcun Zhuangtai Yanjiu 16-18
A Pearl in the Palm”
The Chinese daughter has long been portrayed as an abject victim. However, abundant writings by Qing men reveal a genuine sentiment of love for daughters. This article demonstrates that loving a daughter was possible even in a society that valued sons over daughters. It further argues that the very political and social ins 1 titutions that historians believe bolstered gender inequality, such as the civil examinations and the marriage system, migh…
Reviving an Ancient Filial Ideal
Lumu, a private act of mourning ritual, grew into a cultural phenomenon with considerable appeal in the seventeenth century. The era saw a range of activities that placed lumu at the center of the neo-Confucian call for moral cultivation, and lumu was a focal point of acting out Confucian virtue. This paper details the cases that centered on three preeminent men—Feng Shaoxu, Sun Qifeng, and Fang Yizhi. It demonstrates that, whether by promoting i…
Historicizing Great Bliss
S e x u a l u n i o n , b y d e S i g n , i S t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t of human society and the beginning of nature. The intercourse of Heaven and Earth balances the universe; intercourse of a man and a woman results in the proper order of yin and yang. This is why Confucius declared the greatness of marriage and why the ancient poet composed the masterpiece “Zhongsi” (“Locusts”). These are all rooted in sexual union, if one explores the fun…
Abstaining from Sex
Male-Male Sexual Bonding and Male Friendship in Late Imperial China
I t I s a c o n s e n s u s s h a r e d b y m a n y scholars of Chinese cultural and gender histories that male-male sexual relationships during the late imperial period were often characterized by a fairly rigid hierarchy based on the differences of symbolic gender identity, social status, and age. That is, such a relationship often involved two men whose respective roles as the “active” (often the penetrator) and the “passive” (often the penetr…
Anecdotal Writing on Illicit Sex in Song China (960-1279)
The Gendered Body in the Qing Courtroom
T h i s a r T i c l e p r e s e n T s a va r i e T y o f court cases, including homicides and marriage disputes, from eighteenthand nineteenth-century China in which magistrates scrutinized bodies for evidence about gender performance. In order to judge these cases properly, magistrates needed to find out whether the persons under scrutiny were physically capable of normative gender roles or had violated the rules governing such roles; their judg…
Market Orientation or Social Orientation
The current studies about the transformation of government-organized foundation ( go -foundation) usually focus on “de-administration.” Basing on new institutionalism and resource dependence theory, the study adds substantive rationality to explain go -foundation transformation in China, and chooses 4 typical cases in Lushan earthquake relief in 2013. The study finds that, the go -foundation goes towards two different directions during transforma…
A Wife’s Sacrifices
Shechi de nüren
Poetry, Intimacy, and Male Fidelity
One of the young couples that exemplified the “perfect match” marriage in Qing history, Sun Xingyan 孫星衍 and Wang Caiwei 王采薇 left behind personal records that give us a glimpse into the intimate world they created, from intellectually stimulating post-marriage courtship, to mourning and pledge of fidelity when Wang Caiwei died. Analyzing this record in the contexts of the Qing literati glorification of “perfect match” marriage and the couple's fam…
Mystery and History
In the late 18th century, the discovery of “A Letter to My Husband” (Jiwai shu), attributed to a woman named Yunzhen, caused great excitement in Beijing. Focusing on the question of how the mysterious letter captured the imagination of the literati, this article employs the strategy of contextualized reading to tease out social and cultural milieus and the textures of sentimentality of its readers. It suggests that the letter's resonating power r…
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