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Research paper thumbnail of Being Biological (Permissions, Bibliography and Index)

Being Biological: Human Meaning in the Age of Neuroscience, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Being Biological (Table of Contents)

Being Biological: Human Meaning in the Age of Neuroscience, 2022

Being Biological presents an overview of core elements of contemporary neuroscience and argues fo... more Being Biological presents an overview of core elements of contemporary neuroscience and argues for the relevance of neuroscientific models for a broader understanding of the nature of human experience. The book starts with the basic concepts of neural network design and introduces the main structures of the brain itself. Being Biological then describes contemporary neuroscientific accounts of vision, emotion, the development of the infant brain, and memory. The book concludes with an exploration of the consonance between these accounts and aspects of both recent phenomenological reflection and the classical Chinese poetic tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Chinese Poetry

AN Introduction to Chinese Poetry: from the Canon of Poetry to the Lyrics of the Song Dynasty, 2018

This textbook for undergraduates is based on my classroom experience and does not assume either e... more This textbook for undergraduates is based on my classroom experience and does not assume either experience with poetry (of any sort) or knowledge of Chinese. Its structure is chronological since I want to get students to see the power of form and technique as the tradition grows, Each chapter has an introduction followed by a selection of poems. For each poem, there is the Chinese text, a word-by-word gloss (below the characters), a technical translation (mine), and a polished translation, if one is available and appropriate. After each poem, there is a study guide to point students to issues of interest. The book--designed for undergraduates--does not seek complete coverage.

The file is just the Table of Contents.

Research paper thumbnail of Drifting among Rivers and Lakes: Southern Song Dynasty Poetry and the Problem of Literary History

(This is just the abstract of the book.)

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Literary Chinese

(This is just the preface to the first edition. The second edition will come out soon.)

Research paper thumbnail of The Road to East Slope: the Development of Su Shi's Poetic Voice

(This is just the abstract for the book.)

Drafts by Michael Fuller

Research paper thumbnail of The Neuronal Self: The Embodiment of Experience and Selfhood in the Neural Matrix of the Mind (Draft completed in 2001!)

(This draft has been superseded by Being Biological.)

Talks by Michael Fuller

Research paper thumbnail of Intentionally Built Networks: Brain, Perception, Emotion, Memory, and Classical Chinese Poetry

Talk presented at Hong Kong Babtist University, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of 試論文學史中 唐宋轉型的一個理論框架

This is the slide-deck for a lecture I gave in the graduate student seminar, 唐宋转型与文学演变, at Fudan ... more This is the slide-deck for a lecture I gave in the graduate student seminar, 唐宋转型与文学演变, at Fudan University in August 2018.

Research paper thumbnail of The Blood of Imagined Ducks: A Reflection on the Reading and Writing of Poetry in Early Ninth Century China (Nov. 2014)

Research paper thumbnail of Does Reading Late Tang poetry have to be THAT hard, or The Historical Horizon of Poetic Experience

Research paper thumbnail of Notching the Boat to Seek the Sword

Research paper thumbnail of “Weary Night:” The Role of Ritual and Corporeal Selfhood in Grounding the Classical Chinese Poetic Tradition

Research paper thumbnail of A Plot is not a Field

Papers by Michael Fuller

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Humanities and the Discontents of Meaning

Journal of Chinese History, 2020

The digital humanities offer more than just a set of tools. The application of software to assist... more The digital humanities offer more than just a set of tools. The application of software to assist in the analysis of large collections of data does not just expand the volume of material we can incorporate in our work, it also expands how we in the humanities understand the nature of meaning. The recent scholarly turn to the expanded modes of analysis made possible by DH is not just the “latest new thing” but gives the scholarly community a way to articulate and respond to long-standing doubts about the epistemological grounding in the practice of the humanities. Even more importantly, I believe that this broadening of inquiry afforded by DH is intrinsic to the humanistic project itself. In this essay, I seek in particular to connect the implicit conceptual substructure behind the architectural logic of the digital humanities to key strains of hermeneutic thought that have established a basis for exploring the question of how we are to understand the vast, variegated world of histor...

Research paper thumbnail of Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China. By Christopher M. B. Nugent. Harvard-Yenching Monograph Series 70. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2011. x, 341 pp. $39.95 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來

數字人文研究, 2021

中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來 The History, Methods, and Future of the China Biographical Database (C... more 中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來
The History, Methods, and Future of the China Biographical Database (CBDB) Project

中國歷代人物傳記資料庫項目（CBDB）始於2005年，其目標是通過創建在線與離線的關系型數據庫，以記錄史料中保存下來的有關歷史人物的職業、親屬關系、社會關系等數據。中國歷代人物傳記資料庫大量使用計算機技術進行數據收集與管理，以便學者對人物、人群、地域、職官等多方面數據進行交叉分析。利用中國歷代人物傳記資料庫，學者可以進行數據可視化並開展統計分析、網絡分析以及空間分析。中國歷代人物傳記資料庫是一個面向多方合作的項目，它沒有截止日期。它將持續收集各個歷史時期的各種數據。通過諸方合作，一個全新的中國歷代人物傳記資料庫在線系統即將向公眾開放。
The China Biographical Database (CBDB) project began in 2005 to create an online and stand-alone relational database with data on the careers, kinship, and social associations of men and women appearing in the Chinese historical record. CBDB gathers data using advanced computational methods and organizes the data to enable analysis between individuals, groups, places, offices, etc. CBDB makes it possible visualize the data in statistical, network, and spatial analysis. CBDB is an open-ended, collaborative project that will continue to gather data on all historical periods. Through its partners CBDB is becoming available to the public through new online systems.

Research paper thumbnail of " Weary Night: " A Reflection on Embodied Poetics in the Classical Chinese Tradition 1

This is the original English-language version of the article published as " 倦夜 " : 对中国古典 传统中肉身诗学的... more This is the original English-language version of the article published as " 倦夜 " : 对中国古典 传统中肉身诗学的反思 in 中國學術 38 (2017). I have translated a few additional texts and provided a few additional sources from the Western language secondary literature. I owe a debt of gratitude to Qiao Jiyan, currently in the Ph.D. program in Leiden, for encouraging me to revise this essay for publication and for translating it into Chinese, no small task given my tendency toward dense and abstract prose.

Research paper thumbnail of Patterns of the Human Realm: Poetry and Transformations of Aesthetic Experience in Mid-Tang China

This is the original English-language version of the article “人文”：中唐时期诗歌和审美经验转变, published in Chi... more This is the original English-language version of the article “人文”：中唐时期诗歌和审美经验转变, published in Chinese in 林宗正, 蔣寅, eds., 川合康三教授榮休紀念文集 (南京: 鳳凰出版社, 2017), pp. 195-222.

Research paper thumbnail of The Aesthetic as Immanent Assent to Pattern within Heterogeneity or 文

中國文學研究的新趨向﹕ 自然、審美與比較研究, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Being Biological (Permissions, Bibliography and Index)

Being Biological: Human Meaning in the Age of Neuroscience, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Being Biological (Table of Contents)

Being Biological: Human Meaning in the Age of Neuroscience, 2022

Being Biological presents an overview of core elements of contemporary neuroscience and argues fo... more Being Biological presents an overview of core elements of contemporary neuroscience and argues for the relevance of neuroscientific models for a broader understanding of the nature of human experience. The book starts with the basic concepts of neural network design and introduces the main structures of the brain itself. Being Biological then describes contemporary neuroscientific accounts of vision, emotion, the development of the infant brain, and memory. The book concludes with an exploration of the consonance between these accounts and aspects of both recent phenomenological reflection and the classical Chinese poetic tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Chinese Poetry

AN Introduction to Chinese Poetry: from the Canon of Poetry to the Lyrics of the Song Dynasty, 2018

This textbook for undergraduates is based on my classroom experience and does not assume either e... more This textbook for undergraduates is based on my classroom experience and does not assume either experience with poetry (of any sort) or knowledge of Chinese. Its structure is chronological since I want to get students to see the power of form and technique as the tradition grows, Each chapter has an introduction followed by a selection of poems. For each poem, there is the Chinese text, a word-by-word gloss (below the characters), a technical translation (mine), and a polished translation, if one is available and appropriate. After each poem, there is a study guide to point students to issues of interest. The book--designed for undergraduates--does not seek complete coverage.

The file is just the Table of Contents.

Research paper thumbnail of Drifting among Rivers and Lakes: Southern Song Dynasty Poetry and the Problem of Literary History

(This is just the abstract of the book.)

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Literary Chinese

(This is just the preface to the first edition. The second edition will come out soon.)

Research paper thumbnail of The Road to East Slope: the Development of Su Shi's Poetic Voice

(This is just the abstract for the book.)

Research paper thumbnail of The Neuronal Self: The Embodiment of Experience and Selfhood in the Neural Matrix of the Mind (Draft completed in 2001!)

(This draft has been superseded by Being Biological.)

Research paper thumbnail of Intentionally Built Networks: Brain, Perception, Emotion, Memory, and Classical Chinese Poetry

Talk presented at Hong Kong Babtist University, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of 試論文學史中 唐宋轉型的一個理論框架

This is the slide-deck for a lecture I gave in the graduate student seminar, 唐宋转型与文学演变, at Fudan ... more This is the slide-deck for a lecture I gave in the graduate student seminar, 唐宋转型与文学演变, at Fudan University in August 2018.

Research paper thumbnail of The Blood of Imagined Ducks: A Reflection on the Reading and Writing of Poetry in Early Ninth Century China (Nov. 2014)

Research paper thumbnail of Does Reading Late Tang poetry have to be THAT hard, or The Historical Horizon of Poetic Experience

Research paper thumbnail of Notching the Boat to Seek the Sword

Research paper thumbnail of “Weary Night:” The Role of Ritual and Corporeal Selfhood in Grounding the Classical Chinese Poetic Tradition

Research paper thumbnail of A Plot is not a Field

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Humanities and the Discontents of Meaning

Journal of Chinese History, 2020

The digital humanities offer more than just a set of tools. The application of software to assist... more The digital humanities offer more than just a set of tools. The application of software to assist in the analysis of large collections of data does not just expand the volume of material we can incorporate in our work, it also expands how we in the humanities understand the nature of meaning. The recent scholarly turn to the expanded modes of analysis made possible by DH is not just the “latest new thing” but gives the scholarly community a way to articulate and respond to long-standing doubts about the epistemological grounding in the practice of the humanities. Even more importantly, I believe that this broadening of inquiry afforded by DH is intrinsic to the humanistic project itself. In this essay, I seek in particular to connect the implicit conceptual substructure behind the architectural logic of the digital humanities to key strains of hermeneutic thought that have established a basis for exploring the question of how we are to understand the vast, variegated world of histor...

Research paper thumbnail of Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China. By Christopher M. B. Nugent. Harvard-Yenching Monograph Series 70. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2011. x, 341 pp. $39.95 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來

數字人文研究, 2021

中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來 The History, Methods, and Future of the China Biographical Database (C... more 中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）的歷史、方法與未來
The History, Methods, and Future of the China Biographical Database (CBDB) Project

中國歷代人物傳記資料庫項目（CBDB）始於2005年，其目標是通過創建在線與離線的關系型數據庫，以記錄史料中保存下來的有關歷史人物的職業、親屬關系、社會關系等數據。中國歷代人物傳記資料庫大量使用計算機技術進行數據收集與管理，以便學者對人物、人群、地域、職官等多方面數據進行交叉分析。利用中國歷代人物傳記資料庫，學者可以進行數據可視化並開展統計分析、網絡分析以及空間分析。中國歷代人物傳記資料庫是一個面向多方合作的項目，它沒有截止日期。它將持續收集各個歷史時期的各種數據。通過諸方合作，一個全新的中國歷代人物傳記資料庫在線系統即將向公眾開放。
The China Biographical Database (CBDB) project began in 2005 to create an online and stand-alone relational database with data on the careers, kinship, and social associations of men and women appearing in the Chinese historical record. CBDB gathers data using advanced computational methods and organizes the data to enable analysis between individuals, groups, places, offices, etc. CBDB makes it possible visualize the data in statistical, network, and spatial analysis. CBDB is an open-ended, collaborative project that will continue to gather data on all historical periods. Through its partners CBDB is becoming available to the public through new online systems.

Research paper thumbnail of " Weary Night: " A Reflection on Embodied Poetics in the Classical Chinese Tradition 1

This is the original English-language version of the article published as " 倦夜 " : 对中国古典 传统中肉身诗学的... more This is the original English-language version of the article published as " 倦夜 " : 对中国古典 传统中肉身诗学的反思 in 中國學術 38 (2017). I have translated a few additional texts and provided a few additional sources from the Western language secondary literature. I owe a debt of gratitude to Qiao Jiyan, currently in the Ph.D. program in Leiden, for encouraging me to revise this essay for publication and for translating it into Chinese, no small task given my tendency toward dense and abstract prose.

Research paper thumbnail of Patterns of the Human Realm: Poetry and Transformations of Aesthetic Experience in Mid-Tang China

This is the original English-language version of the article “人文”：中唐时期诗歌和审美经验转变, published in Chi... more This is the original English-language version of the article “人文”：中唐时期诗歌和审美经验转变, published in Chinese in 林宗正, 蔣寅, eds., 川合康三教授榮休紀念文集 (南京: 鳳凰出版社, 2017), pp. 195-222.

Research paper thumbnail of The Aesthetic as Immanent Assent to Pattern within Heterogeneity or 文

中國文學研究的新趨向﹕ 自然、審美與比較研究, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Theorizing Chinese Poetic Experience: a Prolegomenon to Rethinking the History of Song Dynasty Poetry

新宋學 Xin Song xue 1(2001):167-181., 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Gatekeepers of Memory: Issues in the Chinese Efforts to Organize Their Textual Legacy

Gateways, Gatekeepers, and Roles in the Information Omniverse: Proceedings of the Third Symposium, (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing), Feb 1994

Research paper thumbnail of China Biographical Database Users' Guide

This is the revised users' guide for the Microsoft Access version of the China Biographical Datab... more This is the revised users' guide for the Microsoft Access version of the China Biographical Database, a relational database of over 300,000 historical figures, their kinship, associations, office-holding, etc. It has features that are not yet part of the current release. The new release is coming soon.

Research paper thumbnail of PAIXUE Symposium: Classicising Learning, Performance, and Power: Eurasian Perspectives from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period (Abstracts)

by Foteini Spingou, Michael Höckelmann, Ming Kin Chu, Christophe Erismann, Bram Fauconnier, Michael Fuller, Elena Gittleman, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Marina Loukaki, Christopher Nugent, Daphne (Dafni) / Δάφνη Penna / Πέννα, Alberto Rigolio, Jonathan Skaff, Elizabeth M Tyler, Milan Vukašinović, and Julian Yolles

The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined i... more The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined in different cultures) influenced and served imperial or state power in premodern political systems across Eurasia and North Africa.

Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12