Rereading the Stone
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Rereading the Stone
Rereading the Stone is a weekly discussion of historical Chinese literature, philosophy, and poetry, currently focusing on the Qing dynastic Classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) also known as Story of the Stone (Shitou ji 石頭記).
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Ep. 92: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 1
This chapter (of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢) admits of dualities? So here in part 1 we cover the first half (gold 金), which involves some extens...
Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 2
Daiyu and Baochai exchange literary intimacies, and meta-literary musings! Is reading bad, actually? Or, is it Baochai who is kind of a fascist? Would...
Ep. 90: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 1
Suppose your child were born on the seventh day of the seventh month, what would you do? If you saw an immortal soul falling into the well of mortal e...
Ep. 89: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 2
One of our favorite sections of the text — Grannie Liu takes Baoyu’s bed for a spin, dreaming her own dream of red chambers! A full sensory experience...
Ep. 88: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 1
Granny Liu’s choice of cups (wood is good!) figures prominently in this installment. A wide-ranging discussion of social class and constructed value,...
Ep. 87: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 3
This part of chapter 40 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng) is a lot of poetic fun, but is it purely fun and games? What kin...
Ep. 86: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 2
More excellent Granny Liu content, as we travel deeper into the garden, soon by means of pleasure craft, with Xifeng at the helm. When withered lotus...
Ep. 85: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 1
It's Chapter 40 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng), and we're accompanying Grannie Liu on her tour of Prospect Garden. In w...
Ep. 84: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 39 part 2
In this episode, we puzzle over Grannie Liu’s arithmetic while questioning how age and social class more broadly inform her interactions with Grandmot...
Ep. 83: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 39 part 1/2
We treat the first part of Chapter 39 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng), as Li Wan and friends wax philosophical on the im...
Ep. 82: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 4
The end (or is it beginning?) of our Chapter 38 review! (This was originally intended to be the first episode we’d release, but it was the last to be...
Episode 81: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 3
The Chapter 38 poetry review continues! No poetic stone left unturned!
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Ep. 80: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 2
The Chapter 38 poetry review of Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber, Story of the Stone) continues!
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Episode 79: Rereading Hong lou meng Chapter 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 1
After a brief but productive hiatus, in which considerable Hong lou meng’ing was happening “behind the scenes,” Rereading returns, with a poetry-pille...
Ep 78: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 37 part 2/2
New poetry club “The Crab-flower Club” 海棠社 just dropped, and Daiyu is sweeping up sunsets. Meanwhile Baoyu can’t seem to keep on-prompt…
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Ep. 77: Hong lou meng chapter 37 part 1/2
“Why should the founding of poetry clubs be the sole prerogative of the whiskered male, and female versificators allowed a voice in the tunable concer...
Ep. 76: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 36 part 2/2
Baoyu expounds upon one of his favorite topics, his notion of the ideal death, linking it to idle visions shared by his soulmate. He then goes off in...
Ep. 75: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 36 part 1/2
Time to choose: do you believe in the marriage of gold and jade, or do you believe in the marriage of stone and flower? Check out part 1 of our discus...
Ep. 74: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 35 part 2/2
Baoyu is poorly regarded by visitors, and Baochai sends subtle signals to Aroma. We discuss families and fortunes.
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Ep. 73: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 35 part 1/2
Daiyu is expertly trolled by a bird, and Baoyu tries to charm Silver. Baoyu tries to get Grandmother Jia to praise Daiyu, but she praises Baochai inst...
Ep 72: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 34 part 2/2
Is love disgusting? Why wouldn’t it be? If your love is not reaching toward some infinite embrace, the quality of being unqualified, is it love? After...
Ep. 71: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 34 part 1/2
In the aftermath of the beating, who really cares and who is putting on appearances? What pain can more tears rebalance? A stained handkerchief can be...
Ep. 70: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 33 part 2/2
Baoyu is beaten! How does the ideology of filial piety inform this scene, when it is intra-familial conflict that, in part, brings it in being?
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Ep. 69: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 33 part 1/2
An actor, the female impersonator Jiang Yuhan, has exited the Prince of Zhongshun’s stage, his gifted sash contradicting Baoyu’s claims of ignorance....
Ep. 68: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 32 part 2/2
The death of Golden 金釧! Who is at fault for her premature demise? Is there any agency in, and meaning to one’s actions, when symbols prefigure, and...
Ep 67: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 32 part 1/2
Xiangyun 湘雲 is here, and she comes bearing gifts and opinions. What’s the meaning of a gift? Do duplicates double in value? For Baoyu, is the value...
Ep 66: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 31 part 2/2
A short Xiangyun 湘雲 episode! We attempt to decipher her thoughts on yinyang 陰陽 philosophy and how it relates to her relationship with her maid Kin...
Ep. 65: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 31 part 1/2
What are the ethics of using an object? Is it immoral to break something just for the sound of it? What social, political, and economic sacrifices are...
Ep. 64: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 30 part 2/2
What meaning could reside in a hairpin? When is a hairpin a pen, and which character is being written? Would a false Xi Shi 西施 dream of real roses?...
Ep. 63: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 30 part 1/2
In the space between dreaming and waking, what rules apply? What feelings are displaced in acts of judgment? Do those who dream us wish us well? A tur...
Ep 62: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 29 part 2/2
Plays within plays, and a meta-cognitive dispute! Is every jade tear still a microcosm? Do two false representations make one shared reality? Part 2 o...
Ep 61: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 29 part 1/2
In Chapter 29 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hongloumeng 紅樓夢, Story of the Stone 石頭記), the crew is out and about in full force. Even before the pl...
Ep 60: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 28 part 2/2
The poetry party, an artistic dream within a dream, continues! Readers of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone 石頭記, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢) are...
Ep. 59: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 28 part 1/2
Baoyu and Daiyu try to work through mutual misunderstanding, and matters of medicine reemerge. At Feng Ziying’s party, verses are improvised on the su...
Ep 58: Hong lou meng chapter 27 part 2/2
In this episode we broach one of the most central questions of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — why bury fallen flowers? Attempting to answer this qu...
Ep. 57: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 27 part 1/2
Baoyu seeks Daiyu, who is notably absent bemoaning the season. Baochai chases butterflies, and Crimson enumerates a bewildering array of ladies.
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Ep. 56: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 26 part 2/2
A scion of great wealth demonstrates a dearth of erudition, while a legendary worrier transcends nature’s limits.
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Ep. 55: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 26 part 1/2
Real affections between Crimson and Jia Yun are ornamented by dream and fantasy, while the Name of the Father is appropriated for idle pleasures. Dai...
Ep. 54: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 25 part 2/2
Things get weird when Mother Ma throws down a surprisingly efficacious curse. Xifeng starts slaughtering miscellaneous animals, and Baoyu is consumed...
Ep. 53: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 25 part 1/2
A time of danger, with molten wax and curses raining down on Baoyu! We discuss Aunt Zhao’s resentment, Mother Ma’s sesame oil subscription service, an...