{"id":3425,"date":"2025-12-26T12:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:06:44","slug":"how-to-read-chinese-poetry-topic-2-the-book-of-poetry-and-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/?p=3425","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Chinese Poetry Topic 2: The Book of Poetry and Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to invite you to watch the second topic of our video series <strong>&#8220;How to Read Chinese Poetry,&#8221;<\/strong> co-hosted by <strong>Professor Wai-yee Li<\/strong> of Harvard University. This topic, titled <strong>&#8220;<em>The Book of Poetry<\/em> and Diplomacy,&#8221;<\/strong> explores how poetry served as a tool for diplomatic negotiations and power struggles in ancient China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 5: <em>The Book of Poetry<\/em> and Diplomacy \u2014 Who is the Boss?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep 5 The Book of Poetry and Diplomacy : Who is the boss?\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gcL69daUiqE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This episode explores the struggle for hegemony through two scenes centered on the recitation (and creative manipulation) of odes. The first depicts a Jin prince in exile who declares his ambition despite his precarious and dependent position. The second presents a Jin leader firmly countering the arrogant self-aggrandizement of a Chu prince.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 6: <em>The Book of Poetry<\/em> and Diplomacy \u2014 What Does It Mean to Say, &#8220;I Love You&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep.6 The Book of Poetry and Diplomacy : What does it mean to say, \u201cI love you\u201d?\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-S_dCqK6cps?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This episode examines the diplomatic use of <em>the Book of Poetry<\/em>, where verses of love and kinship became a coded language of statecraft. For instance, a minister from Lu quotes a wedding song to frame the relationship between small states and the powerful state of Jin as that of a bride being received by her groom. The careful gathering of artemisia by a woman becomes a metaphor for a strong state tenderly protecting a weaker one. A Zheng minister cleverly cites a poem of romantic pursuit to dissuade potential aggression, while a Jin leader reaffirms an alliance by reciting an ode celebrating brotherly bonds.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy watching, and we welcome your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Zong-qi Cai, Program Host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to invite you to watch the second topic of our video series &#8220;How to Read Chinese Poetry,&#8221; co-hosted by Professor Wai-yee Li of Harvard University. This topic, titled &#8220;The Book of Poetry and Diplomacy,&#8221; explores how poetry served as a tool for diplomatic negotiations and power struggles in ancient China. Episode 5: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-htrcl-series","category-sliders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3427,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions\/3427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumcpc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}