花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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The foolish old man who wanted to move mountains

Dave asked recently where the name 花崗齋之愚公 (Hua Gang Zhai zhi Yu Gong) comes from. In the old days, it was not uncommon for scholars to name their studio or office where they wrote. Usually the name had some connection with the location or had a classical allusion. I chose Hua Gang (Granite) Zhai (Studio) for [...]

October 17th, 2006 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

Site News: The Studio goes to the Salon

I was checking out Andrew Leonard’s wonderful “How the World Works” column at Salon.com and was shocked to see a mention of the Granite Studio.

Leonard writes:
“The sheer deluge of news, commentary and analysis that swamps the Chinese section of my blogroll every day defies competent comprehension…Striving for a coherent narrative that makes sense of it [...]

October 17th, 2006 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)