My Journey in Ming Studies: An Interview with Professor Lin Li-yueh 林麗月

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1 Lin Li-yueh’s primary works include Lin, Guozijian sheng 國子監生 [Students of the Imperial Academy]; Lin, Mingmo Donglin yundong 明末東林運動 [Donglin Movement in the Late Ming Dynasty]; Lin, She jian 奢儉 [Luxury and Frugality]; Lin, “‘Chongshe’” 「崇奢」 [Justification for Luxury]; Lin, “Kechang jingzheng” 科場競爭 [Competition and Justice]; Lin, “Yishang yu fengjiao” 衣裳與風教 [Costumes and Customs]; Lin, “Zudou gong qiang” 俎豆宮牆 [Sacrifices at the Confucian Temple].

2 Liu 柳, “Nanjing zhi guoli daxue” 南京之國立大學 [National University of Nanjing].

3 Mao 毛, Tangdai tongzhi jieceng 唐代統治階層 [Ruling Class during the Tang Dynasty].

4 Hucker, “The Tung-lin Movement.”

5 Fuyao, literally to “dress strangely” or the “sinister enchantment of clothing,” was a term that generally refers to breaking sumptuary laws enacted by the court or cross dressing, as well as used to opine on or criticize clothing and related trends or customs.

6 Lin, “Yishang yu fengjiao” 衣裳與風教 [Costumes and Customs].

7 Lin, She jian 奢儉 [Luxury and Frugality].

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Yi Jo-lan

Yi Jo-lan is a professor in the Department of History, National Taiwan University. In addition, she is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Women’s and Gender Studies (Nüxue xuezhi: funü yu xingbie yanjiu 女學學誌：婦女與性別研究) and the author of two books and of about twenty research articles. Her research interests include historical writings on women and family history in late imperial China.

Lin Li-yueh

Professor Lin Li-yueh is currently professor emeritus in the Department of History, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), where she earned her Ph.D. In addition, she has served as the chair of the Department of History, NTNU, the chair of the Association for Ming Studies (Mingdai yanjiu xuehui 明代研究學會), a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and a foreign research fellow at the University of Tokyo. Her fields of research include the history of the Ming dynasty and Ming-Qing social and cultural history.