Chen Jiru
Chen Jiru (
Chen was born in Huating (华亭;
In 1595 he wrote Tea Talks (茶董補), still often quoted in China and Japan, and he studied pottery and created purple clay teapots in the
He was a notable author of the xiaopin, a form of short literary essay.[4]
Chen Jiru left an autobiography which contains a "patently fictitious account of the circumstances of his own death, a most extraordinary innovation," writes the modern scholar Pei-yi Wu, describing Chen as "a member of the literati known for his versatile artistic talents."[5]
In 2007, Jamie Greenbaum, a researcher at the University of Beijing, published a book[6] on Chen Jiru's writings which provides an overview of his larger-than-life personality, as well as an account of the different literary personae he invented.
References
- ^ a b c Cihai: Page 432.
- ^ "Chen Jiru Brief Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Chen Jiru". Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ Mair 2001. "Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture", paragraph 22.
- ^ The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China (Princeton University Press, 1992) by Pei-yi Wu
- ISBN 978-9004163584. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
Bibliography
- Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会. Ci hai (辞海. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
- Greenbaum, Jamie (2007). Chen Jiru (1558-1639). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-16358-4.
- ISBN 0-231-10984-9. (Amazon Kindleedition.)
- Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
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