Date of recording:

May 31, 2022

Duration:

53:57 min

About the Speaker

Paize Keulemans, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University.

Slides for Classroom Use

Old Novels/New Games: Early Modern Forms of Chinese Algorithmic Play in Outlaws of the Marsh – Presentation PDF [28 MB]

Teaching Guide

Outline & Key Points for Teachers

Background Reading and Classroom Material

Asia by Era Resources – China: 1450-1750, Ming Dynasty [AFE]

Song Dynasty China: The Most Advanced Society in 1000 CE [AFE]

Recommended Translations
Outlaws of the Marsh [Foreign Languages Press]
By Haian Shi, Sidney Shapiro (translator). Available on Amazon. 2001

The Marshes of Mount Liang [Chinese University of Hong Kong Press]
By Haian Shi, Guanshong Luo, John and Alex Dent-Young (translators). 5 volume series; first volume, The Broken Seals, contains the first 22 chapters of the novel. Explore Good Reads. 1994

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This recording was made possible in part by an award from
the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.

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