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Ronald Egan
Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D. Professor
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Bio
Research Areas:
- Chinese Poetry
- Song dynasty Poetry and literati Culture
- The social and historical context of Song dynasty aesthetics
Academic Appointments
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Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Administrative Appointments
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Confucius Institute Professor of Sinology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University (2012 - Present)
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Emeritus Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (2012 - Present)
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Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (1993 - 2012)
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Department Chair, Affiliated faculty, Program in Comparative Literature (1992 - 1997)
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Founding chair, Affiliated faculty, Program in Comparative Literature (2002 - 2005)
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Visiting Professor, Department of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong (2001 - 2002)
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Visiting Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA, for one quarter annually (except 2001-02) (1997 - 2003)
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Associate Professor of Chinese, University of California, Santa Barbara (1987 - 1993)
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Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of California, Santa Barbara (1987 - 1988)
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Visiting Associate Professor of Chinese, Department of Chinese, Wellesley College (1986 - 1987)
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Associate Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University (1982 - 1984)
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Assistant Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University (1977 - 1982)
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Lecturer in Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University (1976 - 1977)
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Fellowship (12 months), for Ouyang Xiu project, American Council of Learned Societies (1980 - 1981)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (1983 - 1987)
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Executive Editor, Harvard-Yenching Institute (1983 - 1987)
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Executive Editor, Harvard University (1983 - 1987)
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Scholarly Editor, East Asian Studies Publications (1984 - 1987)
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Scholarly Editor, Council on East Asian Studies (1984 - 1987)
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Scholarly Editor, Harvard University (1984 - 1987)
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External reviewer, Department of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong (2012 - 2012)
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Reviewer, Humanities panel, for Hong Kong Ph.D. Scheme (2010 - 2010)
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Reviewer, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2010 - 2010)
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External review committee chair, East Asian Languages, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of California, Riverside (2008 - 2008)
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External reviewer, Chinese Program, Department of Foreign Languages, Arizona State University (2006 - 2006)
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President, American Oriental Society, Western Branch (2003 - 2005)
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External assessor, Department of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong (2005)
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External reviewer, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2001 - 2001)
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Editorial Board member, Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (2001)
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External Reviewer, Department of Classics and Oriental Languages, University of Notre Dame (1996 - 1996)
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Referee, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (1985)
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Referee, Journal of the American Oriental Society (1985)
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Referee, Asia Major (1985)
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Referee, Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies (1985)
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Referee, Princeton University Press
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Referee, Stanford University Press
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Referee, Harvard Council on East Asian Studies Publications
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Referee, University of California Press
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Referee, University of Hawaii Press
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Referee, Fellowship applications submitted to American Council of Learned Societies
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Referee, Fellowship applications submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Harvard University, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations (1976)
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A.M., Harvard University, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations (1974)
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B.A., University of Washington, Dept. of Far Eastern Languages and Literatures (1970)
2023-24 Courses
- A History of Sinology
CHINA 192, CHINA 392 (Spr) - Curricular Practical Training
EALC 390 (Win, Spr) - East Asian Humanities Workshop I
EALC 211 (Aut) - East Asian Humanities Workshop II
EALC 212 (Win) - East Asian Humanities Workshop III
EALC 213 (Spr) - Looking for the Dao in East Asia
COLLEGE 114 (Spr) - Proseminar in East Asian Humanities II: Current Scholarship
EALC 202 (Win) - Proseminar in East Asian Humanities III: Theories and Paradigms
EALC 203 (Spr) - The Art Song (Ci): Love and Performance
CHINA 166, CHINA 266 (Aut) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Graduate Directed Reading
EASTASN 300 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Graduate)
EALC 200 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Undergraduate)
EALC 199 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Master's Thesis or Qualifying Paper
EALC 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Research (Capstone Essay)
EALC 198C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research (Honors Thesis)
EALC 198H (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Image and Text in the Arts in China
ARTHIST 230B, ARTHIST 430B, CHINA 230, CHINA 430 (Aut) - Literary Translation, Chinese to English
CHINA 185, CHINA 285 (Win) - Looking for the Way (Dao) in East Asia
CHINA 163A, HUMCORE 113 (Aut) - Practicum Internship
CHINA 390 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- A History of Sinology
CHINA 192, CHINA 392 (Win) - Humanities Research Intensive
ENGLISH 9R (Spr) - Looking for the Way (Dao) in East Asia
CHINA 163A, HUMCORE 113 (Aut) - New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literary Culture
CHINA 174, CHINA 374 (Win) - Practicum Internship
CHINA 390 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut)
2020-21 Courses
- Humanities Research Intensive
CLASSICS 9R, EALC 9R, ENGLISH 9R, HISTORY 9R (Spr) - Order, Patterns, and Disorder in Early China
CHINA 163A, HUMCORE 113 (Aut)
- Image and Text in the Arts in China
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Aaron Gilkison, Mengmeng Ji, Bingxiao Liu -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Yafang Bao, Xiaoyi Huang, Yanping Wong -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Harry Carter -
Master's Program Advisor
Yinuo Jin, Angela Zhang
All Publications
- Anxiety over beauty: aesthetic thought and pursuits of Northern Song literati Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe. 2013
- The Interplay of Social and Literary History: Tea in the Poetry of the Middle Historical Period Scribes of Gastronomy: Representations of Food and Drink in Imperial Chinese Literature edited by Yue, I., Tang, S. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2013: 69–86
- Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties Literature A Scholarly Review of Chinese Studies in North America edited by Zhang, H. 2013; E-book
- Wealthy men and scam artists: urban dwellers outside the literati class in Song dynasty notebooks Guoxue xuekan 2013: 112-118
- The Northern Song dynasty Jianqiao Zhongguo wenxue shi edited by Owen, S., Chang, K. S. Beijing: Sanlian chuju. 2013: 427–517
- Loss and accretion: the increase in the number of song lyrics attributed to Li Qingzhao in the Ming-Qing period Zhongguo yunwen xuekan 2012; 10: 40-46
- Li Qingzhao’s biography: the Ming-Qing period Traditions of biography and modern trends in biography edited by xuehui, Z. z. Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe. 2012: 266–279
- Stealing away the embryo and changing the bones: the indebtedness of Guanzhui bian to Qing dynasty scholars and the ways it surpasses them Qian Zhongshu shiwen congshuo edited by Rongzu, W. Zhongli: National Central University Press. 2011: 211–226
- To Count Grains of Sand on the Ocean Floor: Changing Perceptions of Books and Learning in Song Dynasty China Knowledge and Text Production in An Age of Print: China, 900-1400 edited by Chia, L., De Weerdt, H. Leiden: Brill. 2011: 33–62
- Li Qingzhao’s biography: the Ming-Qing period Jingchu ligong xueyuan xuebao 2011: 5–12
- Qian Zhongshu’s motives and thinking behind Guanzhui bian Dongfang zaobao: Shanghai shuping 2010: 3-10
- Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties Literature Beimei Zhongguo xue: yanjiu gaishu yu wenxian ziyuan edited by Haihui, Z. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju. 2010: 623–635
- Changing representations of the capital in Song dynasty sources Ducheng de fanhua Beijing: Zhonghua shuju. 2010: 93–109
- Northern Song Dynasty Literature The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature 2010; 1: 381-464
- Why Didn’t Zhao Mingcheng Send Letters to His Wife, Li Qingzhao, When He was Away? Hsiang Lectures on Chinese Poetry edited by Fong, G. 2010: 57–77
- The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72) Cambridge University Press. 2009
- Seduced By flowers: Ouyang Xiu’s Record of the Peonies of Luoyang Conference Volume of Essays from the International Conference Commemorating the Thousand Year Anniversary of the Birth of Ouyang Xiu 2009: 63–82
- On the Circulation of Books During the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, and Reviews 2009; 30: 9- 17
- The burden of female talent: Li Qingzhao’s “On Song lyrics” and early criticism on her, Part 2 Changjiang xueshu 2009; 4: 78-87
- The burden of female talent: Li Qingzhao’s “On Song lyrics” and early criticism on her, Part 1 Changjiang xueshu 2009; 2: 23-29
- When Zhao Mingcheng went on distant travels, why didn’t he write to his wife, Li Qingzhao? Zhongguo wenxue yanjiu 2008: 137–150
- Song Dynasty Shi Poetry How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology edited by Cai, Z. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 2008: 308–328
- The state of Chinese studies in the USA today Zhongguo sixiang yu shehui yanjiu 2007: 21-25
- Rethinking “traces” from the past: Ouyang Xiu on stone inscriptions Sixiangshi yanjiu Shanghai: Shanghai Renmen chubanshe. 2007: 48–87
- The circulation of books and its influence upon Song literati thinking about texts Kanran 2007; 14: 272-300
- The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China Asia Center, Harvard University. 2006
- Influences that the circulation of books had upon Song literati thinking about texts Songdai wenxue guoji yantao hui lunwenji Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press,. 2006: 98–114
- Huizong's Palace Poems (Gong ci) Emperor Huizong and Late Northern Song China: The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics 2006: 361–394
- Introduction Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters by Qian Zhongshu 2005; 4: 52-64
- The Emperor and the Ink Plum: Tracing a Lost Connection between Literati and Huizong's Court Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture: China, Europe, and Japan edited by Knechtges, D., Vance, E. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 2005: 117–148
- Nature and Higher Ideals in Texts on Calligraphy, Music, and Painting Chinese Aesthetics: The Orderings of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties edited by Cai, Z. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 2004: 277–309
- Court Cultures Viewed in a Comparative Perspective Ex/change 2004; 11: 14-17
- Two ci by Huang Tingjian Renditions Golden Jubilee of Ci Poetry edited by Cheang, A. Hong Kong: Centre for Translation Studies, Chinese University Press. 2004: 148–151
- “Preface,” to Bi Xiyan Creativity and Convention in Su Shi’s Literary Thought Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. 2003: xi-xii
- Literary Aspects of the Calligraphy Couplets Double Beauty: Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection edited by Kuo, J. C., Sturman, P. C. 2003: 16–24
- The Lion in Cultural Exchange Between China and the West Ex/Change: Newsletter of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies 2002; 4: 23-25
- Poet, Mind, and World: A Reconsideration of the 'Shen si' Chapter of Wenxin diaolong Contemporary Perspectives on Wenxin diaolong edited by Cai, Z. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2001: 101–126
- Prose. The Columbia History of Traditional Chinese Literature edited by Mair, V. New York: Columbia University Press. 2001: 527–541
- Reflections on Use of the Electronic Siku quanshu Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews 2001; 23: 103-113
- Chinese Literatrure, Ancient and Classical Journal of the American Oriental Society 2001; 121 (4): 655-656
- Red on Gold: Teaching Honglou meng in California Ex/Change: Newsletter of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies 2001
- Productive Antipathies in Court Service and Painting in Northern Song Dynasty China Selected Essays on Court Culture in Cross-Cultural Perspective edited by Yaofu, L. 1999: 171–204
- Entries on Fang Xuanling, Zhang Yue, and Ouyang Xiu Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism edited by Chang, K. S., Saussy, H. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1999: 721–727
- Qian Zhongshu's Reading of the Classics: An Analysis of the Underlying Principles of Guanzhui bian 1998
- Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters by Qian Zhongshu Asia Center, Harvard University. 1998
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The controversy over music and 'sadness' and changing conceptions of the Qin in Middle-Period China + Classical aesthetics in Asian music
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1997; 57 (1): 5-66
View details for Web of Science ID A1997XE17800001
- The Waterfall - Fan Yu Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series 1996; 1: 51-57
- A Traveler's Dream - Hsiang Yang Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series 1996; 1: 51-57
- The Three Zithers The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature edited by Mair, V. Columbia University Press. 1994: 589–590
- Word, Image, and Deed in the Life of Su Shi 1994
- The Problem of the Repute of Ci During the Northern Song Dynasty Voices of the Song Lyric in China edited by Yu, P. R. University of California Press. 1994: 191–225
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THE ROAD TO EAST SLOPE - THE DEVELOPMENT OF SU,SHI POETIC VOICE - FULLER,M (Book Review)
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1992; 52 (1): 313-323
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JC74200008
- Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry Journal of Sung Yuan Studies 1992; 22: 197-200
- Characteristics of Ouyang Xiu’s prose on daily life The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72)) 1991; 39: 99-109
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SU,SHIH NOTES AS A HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCE
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1990; 50 (2): 561-588
View details for Web of Science ID A1990EN46800005
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THE TSO-CHUAN - SELECTIONS FROM CHINA OLDEST NARRATIVE HISTORY - WATSON,B (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
1990; 49 (1): 144-145
View details for Web of Science ID A1990CR00500045
- A Guide to Oriental Classics Asian Thought and Society 1990; 15 (45): 319-320
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OU-YANG,HSIU AND SU,SHIH ON CALLIGRAPHY
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1989; 49 (2): 365-419
View details for Web of Science ID A1989CN51400002
- The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72) Cambridge University Press. 1984
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POEMS ON PAINTINGS, SU,SHIH AND HUANG,TING-CHIEN
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1983; 43 (2): 413-451
View details for Web of Science ID A1983RZ37600002
- Han Civilization edited by Chang, K. C. Yale University Press. 1982
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PROSE STYLE OF FAN,YEH
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1979; 39 (2): 339-401
View details for Web of Science ID A1979HU21300004
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NARRATIVES IN 'TSO CHUAN'
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1977; 37 (2): 323-352
View details for Web of Science ID A1977EM60600003
- On the origin of the Yu hsien k'u Commentary Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 1976; 36: 135-146