Qiuchi as Heterotopia: The Other Space for Su Shi

"Qiuchi" 仇池 ("Qiu Pool") recurs as an enigmatic proper name in Su Shi’s 蘇 軾 (1037-1101) later poetry. While scholars have treated Qiuchi primarily as the poet’s name for strange rocks, I argue that it is in the first place a metaphorical topos for him—it is a heterotopia, a count...

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Main Author: Xia, Lili (Author)
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Published: American Oriental Society 2022
In: Journal of the American Oriental Society
Year: 2022, Volume: 142, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-120
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