
Yiqun Zhou
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, of Classics
Bio
Research Areas:
- Chinese and comparative women’s history
- Early Chinese literature and history
- Chinese and English fiction (1600-1900)
- China-Greece comparative studies
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Associate Professor (By courtesy), Classics
Administrative Appointments
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Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University (2013 - Present)
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Associate Professor, by courtesy, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2013 - Present)
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Chicago, Comparative Literature (2004)
2020-21 Courses
- Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter
CHINA 106, CHINA 206 (Win) - Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
CHINA 107, CHINA 207 (Spr) - Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture
CHINA 161, CHINA 261 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Directed Reading in Chinese
CHINA 200 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Readings in Asian Languages
EALC 200 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Reading in Chinese
CHINA 199 (Win, Spr) - Master's Thesis or Translation
CHINA 299 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research (Capstone Essay)
CHINA 198C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research (Honors Thesis)
CHINA 198H (Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading in Chinese
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
CHINA 107, CHINA 207 (Spr) - China's Dynastic Founders
CHINA 283 (Win) - Lives of Confucius
CHINA 178, CHINA 278 (Spr) - The Chinese Family
CHINA 168, CHINA 268 (Win)
2018-19 Courses
- Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
CHINA 107, CHINA 207 (Spr) - Chinese Biographies of Women
CHINA 163, CHINA 263 (Aut) - Late Imperial Chinese Fiction
CHINA 369 (Aut) - Lives of Confucius
CHINA 178, CHINA 278 (Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
CHINA 107, CHINA 207 (Spr) - Late Imperial Chinese Fiction
CHINA 369 (Win) - Lives of Confucius
CHINA 178, CHINA 278 (Spr) - The Chinese Family
CHINA 168, CHINA 268 (Win)
- Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
David Hazard, Yunxin Li, Yanping Wong, Likun Yang -
Orals Chair
Yunxin Li -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Yupeng Jiao -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Xiaoyi Huang, Mengmeng Ji
All Publications
- Men's Appearance and Political Careers in Han China Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture 2018; 5 (1): 34-65
- The Values of the Book of Songs and the Virtues of Leaders The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs: Foundational Texts Compared Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2018: 411–438
- Helen and Chinese Femmes Fatales Ancient Greece and China Compared Cambridge University Press. 2018: 234–256
- Cong Honglou meng he Ernü yingxiong zhuan kan "fuci zixiao” 從《紅樓夢》和《兒女英雄傳》看父慈子孝 (Loving Father and Filial Son: The Critique and Vindication of an Ideal in Two Qing Novels) Journal of Jilin Normal University 吉林師範大學學報 (人文社科版) 2017: 50-56
- Greek Antiquity, Chinese Modernity, and the Changing World Order Rethinking Chinese Visions of World Order Duke University Press. 2017: 106–128
- Liu Xiang lienü zhuan dui shi de yunyong 劉向《列女傳》對《詩》的運用 (The Use of the Book of Poetry in Liu Xiang’s Biographies of Women Guoxue xin shiye 國學新視野 (New Perspectives on Chinese Culture) 2015; 19 (3): 46-51
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HONGLOU MENG AND AGRARIAN VALUES
LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
2013; 34 (1): 28-66
View details for Web of Science ID 000321081500002
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The Status of Mothers in the Early Chinese Mourning System
TOUNG PAO
2013; 99 (1-3): 1-52
View details for DOI 10.1163/15685322-9913P0001
View details for Web of Science ID 000324997800001
- Spatial Metaphors and Women’s Religious Activities in Ancient China and Greece Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities edited by Pathak, S. State University of New York Press. 2013: 199–228
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The Religious Nature of Confucianism in Contemporary China's "Cultural Renaissance Movement"
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT
2012; 44 (2): 3-15
View details for DOI 10.2753/CSP1097-1467440200
View details for Web of Science ID 000319284600001
- Temples and Clerics in Honglou meng Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 2011; 71 (2): 263-309
- Festivals, Feasts, and Gender Relations in Ancient China and Greece Cambridge University Press. 2010
- The Child in Confucianism Children and Childhood in World Religions: Primary Sources and Texts edited by Bunge, M., Browning, D. S. Rutgers University Press. 2009: 337–392
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The hearth and the temple: Mapping female religiosity in late imperial China, 1550-1900
LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
2003; 24 (2): 109-155
View details for Web of Science ID 000188381400003
- Virtue and Talent: Women and Fushi in Early China Nan Nü: Men, Women, and Gender in China 2003; 5 (1): 1-42