| Date | 8 March 2022, Tuesday |
| Time | 9:30 am - 11:00 am (Hong Kong time, GMT +8) |
| Speaker |
Prof. Wai-yee Li Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University |
| Online Registration |
https://lingnan.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efjR48S6Wwld4DI |
Abstract
The taste of water is an important component of tea connoisseurship, and discussions of the taste of water is especially prevalent in Ming Qing writings on tea. Using an exchange on the taste of water in The Story of the Stone as a starting point, I will explore the genealogy of taste metaphors in the Chinese tradition. What does the representation of taste and its relationship with other senses tell us about the book?
品水是「茶學」的重要環節，明清談「水之滋味」的材料尤其豐富。《紅樓夢》第41回「品茶櫳翠庵」一段即是亦莊亦諧地隱指此等「水論」，同時又植根傳統有關味覺的思維與體悟。品水如何帶領我們進入《紅樓夢》的感官世界與精神領域？
Biography of speaker
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Prof. Wai-yee Li Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University |
Wai-yee Li is the 1879 Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard, so named to commemorate the year that Harvard began teaching Chinese as a foreign language. She joined the department in 2000 and is currently serving as Director of Graduate Studies. Li earned her B.A. from the University of Hong Kong (1982) and her Ph.D. from Princeton University (1988), where she was associate professor from 1996 to 2000. She also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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