Hsiao-wen Cheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 6916164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hsiao-wen Cheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hsiao-wen |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheng |
| SIGNATURE | CHENG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-2493-5625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Crossing the Gate
Manless Women and the Sex–Desire–Procreation Link in Song Medicine
This article examines Chinese medical discussions about “manless women” (women without sexual contact with men) from the ancient period to the Song dynasty and whether, and how, such women were considered a medical problem. Through destabilizing the (hetero)sex–desire–procreation continuum seen in a number of historical sources and modern scholarship, I present a more complex picture of the medical developments in question during the Song. I obse…
What Was Good Writing (or Reading) in Eleventh-Century China? Rethinking Guwen and Its Relation to Daoxue
This essay proposes a new perspective on Guwen 古文 (Ancient-Style Writing) in the mid-eleventh century and Cheng Yi's 程頤 Daoxue 道學 (Learning of the Way) based on two interconnected approaches. The first involves an analysis of wenqi 文氣 and the yong 用 (efficacy) of wen in traditional literary criticism, while the second examines the role of the Confucian classics in Guwen and Daoxue. The notion of wenqi helps to elucidate what essentially connects …
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What Was Good Writing (or Reading) in Eleventh-Century China? Rethinking Guwen and Its Relation to Daoxue
This essay proposes a new perspective on Guwen 古文 (Ancient-Style Writing) in the mid-eleventh century and Cheng Yi's 程頤 Daoxue 道學 (Learning of the Way) based on two interconnected approaches. The first involves an analysis of wenqi 文氣 and the yong 用 (efficacy) of wen in traditional literary criticism, while the second examines the role of the Confucian classics in Guwen and Daoxue. The notion of wenqi helps to elucidate what essentially connects …
Manless Women and the Sex–Desire–Procreation Link in Song Medicine
This article examines Chinese medical discussions about “manless women” (women without sexual contact with men) from the ancient period to the Song dynasty and whether, and how, such women were considered a medical problem. Through destabilizing the (hetero)sex–desire–procreation continuum seen in a number of historical sources and modern scholarship, I present a more complex picture of the medical developments in question during the Song. I obse…
Crossing the Gate
Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · China (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Eleventh (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (1 works) · History (1 works)