Liu E (writer)
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Liu E 劉鶚 / 劉鉄雲 / 鴻都百煉生 | |
|---|---|
Qing era | |
| Genre | Illustrated fiction |
| Notable works | The Travels of Lao Can |
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Liu E (
Qing Dynasty
.
Government and politics
Liu was a native of
Boxer Uprising he speculated in government rice, distributing it to the poor. He was cashiered
for these efforts, but shrewd investments had left him wealthy enough to follow his pioneering archaeological studies and to write fiction.
Literature
Liu's best known work is C.T. Hsia calls the "most beloved of all the novels" in the last decade of the Qing. [1]
Liu E's novels borrowed allusions and images from classical Chinese literature and used extensive symbolism. Therefore, his works appealed to readers who had a classical education and were considered sophisticated.[2]
Oracle bone archaeology and scholarship
In 1903 Liu published the first collection of 1,058 oracle bone rubbings entitled Tieyun Canggui (鐵雲藏龜, Tie Yun's [i.e., Liu E] Repository of Turtles) that helped launch the study of oracle bone inscriptions as a distinct branch of Chinese epigraphy.[3]
Exile and death
Liu was framed for malfeasance related to his work during the
).Notes
- ^ Hsia (2004), p. 247.
- ^ Doleželová-Velingerová, p. 724.
- ^ Creamer, Thomas B. I. (1992), "Lexicography and the history of the Chinese language", in History, Languages, and Lexicographers, ed. by Ladislav Zgusta, Niemeyer, p. 108.
References
- ISBN 0231528515, 9780231528511.
- Hsia, C.T. (2004). "The Travels of Lao Ts'an: An Exploration of Its Art and Meaning (1969)". C.T. Hsia on Literature. Columbia University Press. pp. 247–268. .
- Shen, Tianyou, Encyclopedia of China, 1st ed.
- The Travels of Lao Ts'an, Liu T'ieh-yün (Liu E), translated by Harold Shadick, professor of Chinese literature in Cornell University. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1952. Reissued: New York; London: Columbia University Press, 1990. 277p. (A Morningside Book).
- The travels of Lao Can, translated by Yang Xianyi, Gladys Yang (Beijing: Panda Books, 1983; 176p.)
- Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
External links
- Works by E Liu at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Liu E at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
