Tsung-Cheng Lin

Credentials

PhD, University of British Columbia

MA, Indiana University, Bloomington

BA, Fu-Jen Catholic University

Research Interests

• Narrative Tradition in Classical Chinese Poetry
• Poetry of Late Imperial China
• Medieval Chinese Poetry
• Poetic Transition from 18th to early 20th Centuries
• Tradition of Knight-errantry in Chinese Poetry

Biography

I received a B.A. in Chinese Literature from Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, followed by an M.A. in Theoretical Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. I took a Ph.D. in classical Chinese literature from the University of British Columbia, and spent a year as JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences) scholar at Kyoto University in Japan.

My primary research interests are concerned with the narrative tradition in classical Chinese verse, poetry of late Imperial China, medieval Chinese poetry, poetic transition from 18th to early 20th centuries, and the tradition of knight-errantry in Chinese poetry.

Courses
PAAS 152: Essentials of Chinese Civilisation
PAAS 353: Survey of Classical Chinese Literature
PAAS 418: Classical Chinese Prose
PAAS 420: Chinese Narrative
PAAS 457: Authors in Classical Chinese Literature
PAAS 458: Themes in Classical Chinese Literature
MEDI 360: Medieval China

Selected Publications

Books

• Tsung-Cheng Lin 林宗正 and Zhang Bowei 張伯偉. From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China 從傳統到現代的中國詩學. Shanghai Guji上海古籍, China, 2017.
• Tsung-Cheng Lin 林宗正 and JiangYin 蔣寅. A Collection of Essays on Classical Chinese Literature in Honor of Professor Kawai Kozo川合康三教授榮休文集. Phoenix Publisher (Fenghuang chubanshe 鳳凰出版社), China, 2017.

Book Chapters

• “Knight-errantry: Tang Frontier Poems” (Chapter 11). In Professor Zong-Qi Cai, ed., Stories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earliest Times through the Tang (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018), pp. 159-172.
• “Jin He (1818-1885) and the Transition of Female Knight-errantry in the Nineteenth Century China.” In Tsung-Cheng Lin and Bowei Zhang, ed., From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China從傳統到現代的中國詩學 (Shanghai: Guji上海古籍, China, 2017), pp. 132-150.
• “The Tradition of Knight-errantry in Tang poems.” In Tsung-Cheng Lin and Jiang Yin, eds., A Collection of Essays on Classical Chinese Literature in Honor of Professor Kawai Kozo川合康三教授荣休文集. Phoenix Publishing House (Fenghuang chubanshe鳳凰出版社, China 2017), pp. 154-184.

Book Review

• Book Review on Jerry Schmidt, The Poet Zheng Zhen (1806–1864) and the Rise of Chinese Modernity, Leiden: Brill, 2013, The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 74, Issue 04 (November 2015), pp 1016–1018.

Selected Articles

• “Narrative as a Concept in Poetry of the Tang” (唐代詩歌的敘事概念), Rendition of Classical Chinese Literature Studies (海外中國古典文學研究譯叢) (China: Phoenix Publishing House 鳳凰出版社), Vol. 1 (Nov 2019), pp. 45-65.
• “An Examination on the Forms of Writing In Pre-modern Chinese and European Poetry Criticism” 古代中西詩學表述形式略論, Journal of Chinese Literature (中國文學學報) (Peking University and Hong Kong University of Chinese eds.), Vol 10 (Dec 2019), pp.163-211.
• “The Poetic Transition and Modernity in Chen Sanli’s (1852-1937) Ancient-Style Verse”. In Professor Zhiyi Yang (Department of Sinology, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), ed., Frontiers of Literary Studies in China (Higher Education Press, 2018), 12.2, pp. 281-298.
• “Narrative Tradition in Poetry of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century China.” In Chinese Poetics (Zhongguo shixue 中國詩學), Vol. 22 (December 2016), pp. 71-86.
• Sun, Xuetang 孫學堂 and Lin Tsung-Cheng 林宗正. “Narrative Studies on Wang Changling’s Music Bureau and seven-syllable quatrain” 詩家夫子的聚焦魔鏡镜——王昌齡樂府七絕的敘事觀察, Journal of Nankai University (Philosophy and Social Science Edition) 南開學報（哲學社會科學版）(Tianjin, China), Vol. 1 (2015), pp. 26-36.
• “Female Knight-errantry in Qing (1644-1911) Poetry.” Ming-Qing Studies Newsletter (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), No. 44 (August 15, 2014).
• “Knight-errantry in Poetry of Seven to Tenth Century China.” Wenhui Bao 文匯報 (Shanghai, China), August 25, 2014.
• “Narrative Focalization and Historical Writing in Wu Weiye’s (1609-1671) Verse.” Chinese Poetics (Zhongguo shixue 中國詩學), Vol. 18 (December 2014), pp. 176-199.
• “Lady Avengers in Jin He’s (1818-1885) Narrative Verse of Female Knight-errantry.” Frontier of History in China, Vol. 8, No. 4 (December 2013), pp. 493-516.
• “The Tradition of Narrative Under Lyricism: Focalization and Narration in the Ancient Yuefu Poem ‘Southeast the Peacock Flies’.” Journal of Sun Yatsen University (Social Science Edition) 中山大學學報(社會科學版) (Guangzhou, China) 6 (November 2012), pp. 20-33.
• “Sequencing and Narration in ‘Southeast the Peacock Flies’ and Its Impact on the Narrative Tradition of Chinese Poetry,” Journal of the Study of Chinese Literature (Zhongguo wenxue yanjiu中國文學研究) Vol. 19 (edited and published by Fudan University 復旦大學, Shanghai, China) (April 2012), pp. 29-47.
• “A Study of Narrative Speed in Yuefu (Musical Bureau) Poetry of the Han and Six Dynasties,” Newsletter for International China Studies (Guoji Hanxue Yanjiu Tongxun 國際漢學研究通訊) (edited and sponsored by the International Sinological Center, Peking University 北京大學, published by Zhonghua Book 中華書局), No. 4 (December, 2011), pp. 23-45.
• “The Development of Catenation in Tang Narrative Verse: Defining the Achievement of Bai Juyi 白居易 in the Tradition of Chinese Narrative Poetry” (in Japanese, 唐代叙事詩における頂真格の展開 – 併せて白居易叙事詩の意義を再考す), translated by Minako Ninomiya. The Haku Kyoi Kenkyuu Nenpou白居易研究年報 9 (The Annual of Bai Juyi Studies, Tokyo, Japan) (September, 2008), pp. 40-62.
• “The Development of Catenation in poetry from the Shijing to the Han and Six Dynasties” (in Japanese, 詩經から漢魏六朝の敘事詩における頂真格 – 形式及び語りの機能の發展を中心に), translated by Minako Ninomiya. The Chugoku Bungakuho中國文學報 74 (The Journal of Chinese Literature, Kyoto University) (October, 2007), pp. 1-28.
• “Yuan Mei’s (1716-1798) Narrative Verse.” Monumenta Serica 53 (2005), pp. 73-111.

Selected Public Lectures

2019

• Lectures to South China Normal University華南師範大學, Nov 11-12, 2019

Topic 1: “A New Methodology Approach to the Textual Investigation: Examining the Poetic Writing of Huang Zuxian 黃遵憲 (1848-1905) through the Linked Jades of San Francisco (Jinshan Lianyu 金山聯玉)” 文獻考據方法學上的一個想法—以黃遵憲美國詩歌是否是美國任職時所作為例. Nov 11, 2019

Topic 2: “Qing Poetic Narrative and the Literary Movement in late Qing.” 清朝詩歌敘事與晚清文學的演變, Nov 12, 2019

• Lecture to Sun Yat-sen University 中山大學, China, Nov 14, 2019

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic transition and Literary Movement from Eighteenth to Early Republican China” 從古典走向現代—從詩歌角度重新思考十八世紀到民初的文學演變

• Lecture to Guangzhou University 廣州大學, Nov 15, 2019

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition and the Literary Movement in Late Qing” 古典走向現代—從詩歌敘事看晚清文學演變

• Lecture to Fudan University 復旦大學, Nov 19, 2019

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China” 從古典走向現代—從詩歌角度重新思考十八世紀到二十世紀早期的文學演變

2018

• Lectures to South China Normal University華南師範大學, May 9 & 10, 2018

Topic 1: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China” 從古典走向現代—從詩歌角度重新思考十八世紀到二十世紀早期的文學演變, May 9, 2018

Topic 2: “Research Methodology in the Studies of Classical Chinese Literature” 中國古典文學研究方法座談, May 10, 2018

• Lectures to Nanjing University 南京大學, May 19-24, 2018

Topic 1: “Revisit Tang Poetic Tradition through a Narrative Perspective” 唐朝詩歌的叙事概念, May 21, 2018

Topic 2: “Reading Classical Chinese literature through Modern Text Analysis Theory” 文本分析与古典文學的讀法與詮釋, May 23, 2018

Topic 3: “A New Methodology Approach to the Textual Investigation: Examining the Poetic Writing of Huang Zuxian 黃遵憲 (1848-1905) through the Linked Jades of San Francisco (Jinshan Lianyu 金山聯玉)” 文獻考據方法學上的一個想法—以黃遵憲美國詩歌是否是美國任職時所作為例, May 24, 2018

• Lecture to Anhui Normal University安徽師範大學, May 25, 2018

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China” 從古典走向現代—從詩歌角度重新思考十八世紀到二十世紀早期的文學演變

• Lecture to Wuhan University武漢大學, May 29, 2018

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China” 從古典走向現代—從詩歌角度重新思考十八世紀到二十世紀早期的文學演變

• Lectures to Shanghai University 上海大學, October 22, 2018

Topic: “Qing Poetic Narrative and the Literary Movement in late Qing.” 清朝詩歌敘事與晚清文學的演變

2017

• Lecture to Nanjing University南京大學, China, July 3, 2017:

Topic: “From Tradition to Modernity: Poetic Transition from 18th to Early 20th Century China”

2015

• Lecture to Nanjing University, August 25, 2015:

Topic: “European Narratology and Narrative Tradition of Tang Poetry”

• Eight Lectures to Shanghai Theatre Academy, April 20-29, 2015:

Topic 1: “European Narratology and Study of Chinese Poetry”

Topic 2: “Book of Songs and the Origin of Chinese Poetic Narrative Tradition”

Topic 3: “Early Development of Chinese Poetic Narrative Tradition in Later Han

   through the Six Dynasties: Music Bureau Poetry”

Topic 4: “Early Development of Chinese Poetic Narrative Tradition in Later Han

   through the Six Dynasties: Ancient-Style Poetry”

Topic 5: “Tradition of Narrative in Tang Modern-Style Poetry”

Topic 6: “Tradition of Narrative in Tang Ancient-Style and Music Bureau Poetry”

Topic 7: “Poetic Narrative Tradition in Late Imperial China”

Topic 8: “Tradition of Narrative in Poetry of Knight-errantry”

2014

• Lecture to Nanjing University, April 22, 2014

Topic: “The Tradition of the Knight-errantry in Classical Chinese Poetry.”

• Lecture to Fudan University, April 24, 2014

Topic: “The Knight-errantry in Poetry of Seventh to Tenth Century China.”

• Lecture to Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2014.

Topic: “Female Knight-errantry in Qing (1644-1911) Poetry.”