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Rereading the Stone

Rereading the Stone

By: Kevin Wilson William Jones
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 Rereading the Stone is a weekly discussion of historical Chinese literature, philosophy, and poetry, currently focusing on the Qing dynastic Classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) also known as Story of the Stone (Shitou ji 石頭記).© 2025 Rereading the Stone Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 2

    Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 2
    Aug 11 2025

    Daiyu and Baochai exchange literary intimacies, and meta-literary musings! Is reading bad, actually? Or, is it Baochai who is kind of a fascist? Would Baochai reframe from reading her own book? Or is it Daiyu who should be “called out” for her classist joke? “Grannie Liu, more like Grannie Locust?, amirite?” 他是那一門子的姥姥？直叫他是個『母蝗蟲』就是了！ -Daiyu

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    37 mins
  • Ep. 90: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 1

    Ep. 90: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 1
    Jul 9 2025

    Suppose your child were born on the seventh day of the seventh month, what would you do? If you saw an immortal soul falling into the well of mortal existence, would you intervene and save them? Suppose you were facing a lifetime of strangely illiquid “tear debt,” would you seek solace in historical novels and plays that serve no clear moral or dogmatic purpose? These and other questions are all addressed in this installment of Rereading the Stone, a podcast dedicated to historical Chinese literature, poetry, and philosophy.

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    50 mins
  • Ep. 89: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 2

    Ep. 89: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 2
    May 20 2025

    One of our favorite sections of the text — Grannie Liu takes Baoyu’s bed for a spin, dreaming her own dream of red chambers! A full sensory experience, we compare it to Bayou’s dream from Qin Keqing’s bed.

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    47 mins
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