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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 …

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…