Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Asia Major

Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers

Author：
Fusheng Wu
Page Number：
31.2：41-68
Date：
2018
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Abstract

This essay provides a close textual and contextual analysis of a pair of zengda 贈答 poems by two prominent poets and courtiers of the Western Jin dynasty — Pan Yue 潘岳 (247–300) and Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303). It demonstrates that the two poems in question, Pan's “To Lu Ji, Written on Behalf of Jia Mi” 為賈謐作贈陸機 and Lu's “In Reply to Jia Changyuan [Mi]” 答賈長淵 are excellent examples of what may be referred to as the “poetics of reciprocity” — unique to zengda poetry; they also shed light on a particular facet of poetic production in medieval Chinese courts, namely, a tool for power plays and struggles between and among officials and courtiers.

Keywords

zengda (presentation and reply) poetry, poetics of reciprocity, Western Jin court, power play, Jia Mi, Pan Yue, Lu Ji

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Fusheng Wu, “Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers,” Asia Major 31 (2018): 41-68.

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Wu, Fusheng

2018　“Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers.” Asia Major 31: 41-68.

Wu, Fusheng. (2018). Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers. Asia Major, 31, 41-68.

Wu, Fusheng. “Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers.” Asia Major, no. 31 (2018): 41-68.

Wu, Fusheng. “Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers.” Asia Major, no. 31, 2018, pp. 41-68.

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