Resources for Study of Story of the Stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography of English Language Academic Resources

Bibliography

Internet Resources

  • Chinese Belief Systems from Past to Present Provides a good overview of China’s three major belief systems–Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism written by Geoff E. Foy
  • Confucianism An Introductory Essay written by Judith Berling
  • Dao/Daoism An Introductory Essay written by Judith Berling
  • Buddhism in China A Background essay written by Geoff E. Foy
  • Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library Links to academic sources on Buddhism.
  • Web edition of Honglou Meng Tuyong Woodblock prints of the characters in the novel.
  • The Chinese Text Project Includes digitized versions of many of the classic texts, some with English translation.
  • Digital Text of Novel
  • Dream of the Red Chamber: Afterlives This web-based “course” was developed to accompany the English-language opera Dream of the Red Chamber that premiered in San Francisco September, 2016.  The site allows you to explore some the novel’s most important themes, and also provides links and information about how the novel has been received since its publication.
  • Chinese History For a timeline and some other interesting links.
  • A Visual Sourcebook of China Includes a timeline of Chinese history along with maps of China at various points in its history, interesting illustrated discussions of various aspects of Chinese culture including calligraphy, painting, furniture, gardens and clothing
  • Asia for Educators See especially the units on classical Chinese literature
  • China the Beautiful For links to many sites on Chinese literature, art, and culture.
  • Recording the Grandeur of the Qing An introduction to various aspects of Qing history, culture and society based on the Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls of the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors.
  • Yin Yu Tang A Virtual Tour of a late Qing dynasty merchants’ house, originally located in Southeastern China, but now part of the Peabody Essex Museum
  • Society of Kunqu Arts Information about the form of opera the family often watched, includes photos of performers, synopses of plays, and recordings of some arias
  • John Thompson’s Guqin Page Everything you ever wanted to know about the musical instrument.  The site includes a number of recordings of guqin performances.
  • The Internet Chinese Music Archive This site includes recordings of the theme music of the Chinese TV series based on Stone as well as recordings of traditional Chinese music and Peking Opera.

Museums with Substantial Holdings of Chinese Art