Ouyang Xiu - Revision history

Licia K at 01:45, 20 April 2012

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Licia K at 01:43, 20 April 2012

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Licia K: /* Works Cited */

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Works Cited

Licia K at 09:51, 5 March 2012

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Licia K at 09:40, 5 March 2012

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Delon Lier at 06:21, 5 March 2012

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Delon Lier at 06:21, 5 March 2012

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Delon Lier at 06:12, 5 March 2012

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Root: moved Mid Term Paper - Ou Yang Xiu to Ouyang Xiu: Old title incorrect

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moved Mid Term Paper - Ou Yang Xiu to Ouyang Xiu: Old title incorrect

Licia K at 09:04, 4 March 2012

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 === Prose, Poetry and Song: I was a writer ===
-The first reading at the top of this article is an example of my prose.
+The Introduction is an example of my prose.
 Here is an sample of my poetry.

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 I tried to write the best history I could. Before me, the histories were written by men who chose to just record what others had written before them. I looked beyond the usual government documents. I included works of fiction and historical anecdotes in my histories. I strove for precision in my words in order to convey moral meanings to those who would read the histories. (De Bary & Bloom,1999: pp652-53)
 == Private Life ==
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 I was also known for my writing- prose, poetry and song lyrics.
 [[File:calligraphy.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sample of OuYang Xiu's calligraphy]]
 === Prose, Poetry and Song ===
-(prose example is the first reading- this is a poetry example)
+=== Prose, Poetry and Song: I was a writer ===
 ==== White Egret ====
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 it stands there alone with dignity
-thoughts even more serene. [2]
+thoughts even more serene. (Owen, 1996: pp688)
 And this is a sample of my songs-
 ==== to “Immortal by the River” ====
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 There a pair of crystal pillows
-and beside them, a fallen hairpin.[3]
+and beside them, a fallen hairpin.(Owen, 1996: pp570)
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 “…an ideal example of the scholar-official committed to both public service and literary art.”
-Li Dongyang (1447-1516) Highest official in the Hanlin Academy) [4]
+Li Dongyang (1447-1516) Highest official in the Hanlin Academy) (Chang & Owen, pp27)
 That seems a bit excessive to me. I was far from "ideal". I'm somewhat surprised that they even remembered me 500 years after I died. All I wanted was to live a good, upright and moral life, and to help others desire to do the same. "Ideal"? Look to the ancients if you want "ideal" examples. I was just a plain old drunken man.
 == Works Cited ==
-Cambridge History
+Chang, Kang-I & Owen, Stephen. "The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature Volume Two From 1375". New York,  Cambridge University Press, 2010.
-Sources of Chinese Tradition
+Owen, Stephen. "An anthology of Chinese Literature Beginnings to 1911". New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1996.

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 ''(finish works cited listing)''
 Anthology
 Cambridge History
 Sources of Chinese Tradition

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 Then the evening sun is in the mountains…this is the governor going home and his guests following…The other people may experience the delight of coming to visit this place with the governor, but they do not experience the governor’s delight in their delight. The person who in drunkenness can share their delight and who, sobering up, can give an account of it in writing is the governor. And who is the governor? Ou Yang Xiu of Lu-ling.” [Owen 1996, pp 613-14]
-=== Biographical Sketch ===
+== Biographical Sketch ==
 I am that drunken old man. In years to come, they would call me one of the most important people of China for my day. It didn't seem that way to me though. I didn't seek for power, wealth or fame. All I aimed for was to live a good life following the precepts of the one you call Confucius as best I could.
 [[File:Ou Yang Xiu.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Ou Yang Xiu]]
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 I prefer the title of Drunken Old Man.
-=== Public Life ===
+== Public Life ==
 In my public life, I was a historian, politician, antiquarian and epigrapher
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 In my more private moments, I was a literary critic and a writer- but I'll say more about that later.
-==== Politician ====
+=== Politician ===
 My Career:
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 That's enough about my career. On to the stuff I really enjoyed doing!
-==== Antiquarian and Epigrapher ====
+=== Antiquarian and Epigrapher ===
 I liked to collect things, especially books and bronze inscriptions. I had quite a collection. With regard to my collections, I once described myself as the “Resident of 6 Ones”.
 These “6 ones” were:
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 (I'm told that my collection of inscriptions, and the attached colophons, became a foundation text for Chinese epigraphy. And here I thought I was just collecting stuff I liked.) (Owen, 1996: pp554)
-==== Historian ====
+=== Historian ===
 If you would like to know where you are going, you must first know where you have been. Our dynasty, the Song, was still in its early years when I was asked to write the “New Tang History” (completed in 1060). Later I also wrote the "New History of Five Dynasties”.
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 I tried to write the best history I could. Before me, the histories were written by men who chose to just record what others had written before them. I looked beyond the usual government documents. I included works of fiction and historical anecdotes in my histories. I strove for precision in my words in order to convey moral meanings to those who would read the histories. (De Bary & Bloom,1999: pp652-53)
-(author's note: I need to finish this later- 3/5/12)
+''(author's note: I need to finish this later- 3/5/12)''
-I was a Literary Critic- I wrote a small book “Remarks on Poetry” and this started a new style of literary review. I also wrote my own commentary on the “Classic of Poetry”
+I was also known for my writing- prose, poetry and song lyrics.
-I was known for my writing- prose, poetry and song lyrics
+[[File:calligraphy.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sample of OuYang Xiu's calligraphy]]
 === Prose, Poetry and Song ===
 (prose example is the first reading- this is a poetry example)
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 “…an ideal example of the scholar-official committed to both public service and literary art.”
-						Li Dongyang (1447-1516)
+Li Dongyang (1447-1516) Highest official in the Hanlin Academy) [4]
-		                   (Highest official in the Hanlin Academy) [4]
-==References==
+That seems a bit excessive to me. I was far from "ideal". I'm somewhat surprised that they even remembered me 500 years after I died. All I wanted was to live a good, upright and moral life, and to help others desire to do the same. "Ideal"? Look to the ancients if you want "ideal" examples. I was just a plain old drunken man.

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 I tried to write the best history I could. Before me, the histories were written by men who chose to just record what others had written before them. I looked beyond the usual government documents. I included works of fiction and historical anecdotes in my histories. I strove for precision in my words in order to convey moral meanings to those who would read the histories. (De Bary & Bloom,1999: pp652-53)
 I was a Literary Critic- I wrote a small book “Remarks on Poetry” and this started a new style of literary review. I also wrote my own commentary on the “Classic of Poetry”
 I was known for my writing- prose, poetry and song lyrics
 [[File:calligraphy.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sample of Ou Yang Xiu's calligraphy]]
-Prose, Poetry and Song
+=== Prose, Poetry and Song ===
 (prose example is the first reading- this is a poetry example)
-=== White Egret ===
+==== White Egret ====
 Splashing on stones, the rapids’ sounds
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 thoughts even more serene. [2]
-=== to “Immortal by the River” ===
+And this is a sample of my songs-
-	Beyond the willows soft thunder,
+==== to “Immortal by the River” ====
-	rain upon the pond,
+lotuses to shreds
-	and the sounds of rain as it splatters
+By the small tower’s west corner
-        lotuses to shreds
+a broken rainbow bright,
-	By the small tower’s west corner
+where we lean upon the railing
-	a broken rainbow bright,
+waiting for moonlight.
-	waiting for moonlight.
+The swallows come in flying,
-	The swallows come in flying,
+from a jade hook dangles the curtain sash.
-	peer from rafters and beams,
+Motionless ripples of coolness,
-	from a jade hook dangles the curtain sash.
+the bedmat’s patterns flat.
-	Motionless ripples of coolness,
+There a pair of crystal pillows
-	the bedmat’s patterns flat.
+and beside them, a fallen hairpin.[3]
 In the words of one of my successors, nearly 500 years after I died, I was-

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