miscellany

This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of Lengzhai yehua 冷齋夜話 (Night Chats from Chilly Hut), a ten chapter miscellany (biji 筆記), by the monk Juefan Huihong 覺範惠洪 (1071-1128). My study contributes to our understanding of twelfth century Chinese cultural history in the…

This dissertation questions the notion of miscellany as it is applied to compilations from the high Middle Ages. My intention is twofold: to show how the interpretation of a medieval text can change when it is studied in conjunction with other texts bound in the same manuscript …