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- Title
Emissary, Duress, and Assassination in the Kingdom of Qin: Wang Ching-wei’s Martyr Complex and the Inscriptions on the Painting “Farewell at Yishui”.
- Authors
Liu Wei-chih
- Abstract
This essay examines the inscriptions added to the painting “Farewell at Yishui” in 1942 by literati serving in Wang Ching-wei’s ... regime, just as the Pacific War erupted. It explores how Wang Ching-wei and his followers interpret the intricate relationship between the story of Jing Ke ..., Wang’s 1910 plot to assassinate the prince regent Zaifeng ..., and the peace movement through this group of texts. By examining the appropriation of literary allusions, references to political strategy, and sentiment employed in their poetry, this paper outlines the intentions and anxieties of Wang and his literati friends. When literati imply their ambitions through poetry in a puppet regime, are they still able to fully express themselves or will the metaphors they use be distorted? After WWI, as the volatile international situation and nationalist discourse came into conflict, could Wang’s Peace Movement be explained or defended by scholars via the “Theory of Chi-Tuo” of the Lyric School of Changzhou ...? Researchers have avoided or neglected the traditional literary achievements and emotional context of scholars serving in Wang’s puppet regime. By shedding light on literary performance and style in that specific atmosphere, I hope that scholars will reassess the value of the poetry written by the literati of the time.
- Subjects
WANG, Jingwei, 1883-1944; POLITICS &; literature; CHINESE poetry; CHINESE inscriptions; 20TH century Chinese painting; CHINESE Republic, 1912-1949; PEACE movements -- History; ASSASSINATION in the 20th century; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Chinese Studies / Hanxue Yanjiu, 2014, Vol 32, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
0254-4466
- Publication type
Essay