{"id":4147,"date":"2022-07-27T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2022-07-27T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:07:37","slug":"china-reimagined-an-alternative-history-in-nine-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2022\/07\/27\/china-reimagined-an-alternative-history-in-nine-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"China Reimagined: An Alternative History in Nine Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer, I worked with Professor Michael Walsh on his project \u201cChina Reimagined: An Alternative History in Nine Parts.\u201d While refining his first-year writing seminar \u201cChina Reimagined,\u201d the project will also be expanded into a book that provides alternative perspectives of Chinese history than the more traditional chronologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project is inspired by \u6d1b\u66f8<\/span> (<\/span>LuoShu<\/span><\/i>), an ancient mystical chart that appeared from the Luo River in central China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>the chart of \u6d1b\u66f8 (LuoShu)\u00a0after the Song dynasty\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Our primary task was to explore the concept of \u201cChina\u201d through 9 themes, beginning with \u201cterritory\u201d \u570b, which concentrates broadly on Chinese cosmology, and ending with \u201cpeople\u201d\u6c11.<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge of the project is that it\u2019s impossible to give a comprehensive conclusion of what China is and who \u2018counts\u2019 as Chinese. We worked together to figure out the most appropriate nine themes for the book project and the appropriate Chinese and English titles for each topic. I also researched the etymology of relevant Chinese terms. <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Besides tracing the history of <\/span>LuoShu<\/span><\/i>, I mainly worked to find primary and secondary resources in Chinese both in the library and online. Professor Walsh gave me much freedom to explore these topics and I found myself dwelling on some topics like \u201cterritory\u201d and \u201ccity\u201d while spending less time on others. I then translated, summarized, and annotated\u00a0 the information I found.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Yu Ji Tu (\u79b9\u8de1\u5716), 1136<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Book of Diverse Crafts (\u8003\u5de5\u8a18), the image of the King\u2019s city (\u738b\u57ce\u5716)<\/em><\/p>\n

For me, it was also about learning the process of exploring academic research and about research material selection. Additionally, translating the texts was a surprisingly helpful way of learning. I found myself knowing a lot more than merely \u201creading through the words.\u201d It almost feels like the 8 weeks of research just started yesterday. I want to thank Professor Walsh for making this a wonderful experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This summer, I worked with Professor Michael Walsh on his project \u201cChina Reimagined: An Alternative History in Nine Parts.\u201d While refining his first-year writing seminar \u201cChina Reimagined,\u201d the project will also be expanded into a book that provides alternative perspectives of Chinese history than the more traditional chronologies. The project is inspired by \u6d1b\u66f8 (LuoShu), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77508],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ford-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4299,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions\/4299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}