Research Outputs

Books and Special Issues

Ewan Macdonald (Editor). Behind the Scenes in the Forbidden City: Chinese Court Drama 1600-1800 (working title; under contract with Exeter University Press)

Ming Tak Ted Hui and Tian Yuan Tan (Guest Editors), Special Issue: "Conceptualising Chinese Court Literary Cultures" 中国宮廷文学文化:概念与阐释, Nanyang Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (NJCLC)《南洋中华文学与文化学报》, No.4 (May 2023), 226pp.

Journal Articles

Ming Tak Ted Hui and Tian Yuan Tan. "Introduction", Special Issue: "Conceptualising Chinese Court Literary Cultures," Nanyang Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (NJCLC), No.4 (May 2023): 1-6.
Tian Yuan Tan. "Reworking Songs Past and Present: Literary Forms and Traditions in Chinese Court Drama," Special Issue: "Conceptualising Chinese Court Literary Cultures," Nanyang Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (NJCLC), No.4 (May 2023): 163-178.
Tian Yuan Tan, Ewan Macdonald and Ming Tak Ted Hui. "TEXTCOURT: Developing a Digital Approach to Chinese Court Drama". Journal of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities No. 10 (October, 2022): 1-31. (Publisher's copy)
Tian Yuan Tan, Ewan Macdonald and Ming Tak Ted Hui. "TEXTCOURT: Developing a Digital Approach to Chinese Court Drama". Journal of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities No. 10 (October, 2022): 1-31. (Oxford University Research Archive copy)
Tian Yuan Tan, "Ming Qing gongting yanju de wenben shijie 明清宮廷演劇的文本世界 (Textual Worlds of Court Theater in Late Imperial China)", in Bulletin of the Department of Chinese Literature, National Chengchi University 37 (June 2022): 5-52. (Oxford University Research Archive copy)
Tian Yuan Tan, "Ming Qing gongting yanju de wenben shijie 明清宮廷演劇的文本世界 (Textual Worlds of Court Theater in Late Imperial China)", in Bulletin of the Department of Chinese Literature, National Chengchi University 37 (June 2022): 5-52. (Publisher copy)
Tian Yuan Tan, "In Praise of This Prosperous and Harmonious Empire: Sanqu, Ming Anthologies, and the Imperial Court", in Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2021), 8 (1): 139-162. (Oxford University Research Archive copy)
Tian Yuan Tan, "In Praise of This Prosperous and Harmonious Empire: Sanqu, Ming Anthologies, and the Imperial Court", in Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (2021), 8 (1): 139-162. (Publisher copy)

TEXTCOURT Editions Encoded Transcriptions

540 digital editions (click to access full list)

Taylor Editions Encoded Transcriptions

乾隆安殿本 萬國來朝 Wanguo laichao : a digital edition
勸善金科(第一、二齣)Quan shan jin ke (first two scenes): a digital edition
奉天命三保下西洋 Feng tianming Sanbao xia xiyang

Presentations

William Blythe, “The Role of Retranslation in Early European Records on Chinese Theatre,”
TEXTCOURT Workshop on East-Asian drama and Qing court. University of Oxford, 24 February 2024.

Ewan Macdonald, 中國宮廷戲劇裡的“域外”世界,
TEXTCOURT Workshop on East-Asian drama and Qing court. University of Oxford, 24 February, 2024.

Dan Yang, “A Comparison on Three Editions of the Qing Court Drama Wanhua xiangrong, Yuyuan xianrui”,
Digital Humanities and Literary Transmissions in Pre-modern East Asia Workshop, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 26 September 2023.

Cheuk Yee Wai, “Exploration of Religious Worldview in Court Theatre: with Hunyuanhe as an Example”,
Digital Humanities and Literary Transmissions in Pre-modern East Asia Workshop, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 26 September 2023.

Ewan MacDonald, “Sailing the Western Oceans: Imperial Encounters on Stage“,
Digital Humanities and Literary Transmissions in Pre-modern East Asia Workshop, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 26 September 2023.

Tian Yuan Tan, “Linking Chinese Court Plays to Related Foreign Records: Case Studies from the TEXTCOURT Project”,
Digital Humanities and Literary Transmissions in Pre-modern East Asia Workshop, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 26 September 2023.

Tian Yuan Tan, "《康熙萬壽雜劇》 殘本 補遺 및 이에 관한 문제" (《康熙萬壽雜劇》殘本補遺及其相關問題),
The 43rd International Conference of the Korea Society for Chinese Studies (KSCS, 韓國中國學會), Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 18 August 2023

Tian Yuan Tan, "探尋中國宮廷戲劇:文本研究與數位人文視角" (Exploring Chinese Court Drama: A Textual and Digital Approach),
Korea Society for Chinese Theater 韓國中國戲曲學會 2023 Summer Regular Conference, Seoul National University, 17 August 2023.

慕昱安,「宫廷戏曲的地理纬度:以中国地名为例​」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,北京外国语大学,2023年5月20日。

许明德,「戏曲的视觉化:以小说与戏曲的对读为例」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,牛津大学,2023年5月20日。

陈靝沅、许明德、Alastair Ewan Macdonald,「TEXTCOURT: 建立一种针对宫廷戏剧的数位研究方法」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,牛津大学,2023年5月20日。

杨丹,「《南词定律》、《九宫大成南北词宫谱》与《纳书楹四梦全谱》所收曲目之比较——以《牡丹亭·惊梦》为例」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,北京外国语大学,2023年5月19日。

许咏芳,「清朝宫廷多感官与多媒材视角下的节庆体验-以新年为例」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,牛津大学,2023年5月19日。

刘美宜,「清宫单层演出的限制与三层舞台的突破——以《升平宝筏》为中心」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,牛津大学,2023年5月19日。

陈靝沅,「宫廷戏本的链接:《康熙萬壽雜劇》的殘本、 異名本與Q00533」。
跨文化视野下的明清宫廷戏曲文献与古籍数字化研究,牛津大学,2023年5月19日

Tian Yuan Tan, “康熙下江南的文學世界“ (The Literary Worlds of the Kangxi Emperor's Southern Tours),
2023年雲茂潮中华文化讲座 2023 Wan Boo Sow Lecture. organised by the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Singapore, 25 February 2023.

Ewan Macdonald, "From the Western Oceans to the Southern Seas: Exploration and Chauvinism on Stage in China and England".
Hawai'i International Conference of Chinese Studies, University of Hawai'i, 6 January 2023.

Tian Yuan Tan, "Writing and Reading 'Local Court Drama' in Late Imperial China: Texts, Genres, and Identities".
China Humanities Seminar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, 26 September 2022.

Tian Yuan Tan, “How to Read Chinese Court Plays: A Case Study from Zhejiang" (presented online)
Writing Nanyang and World Sinology: The 5th ZJU-NUS Forum of Chinese Studies’s Frontier, Zhejiang University, 26 July 2022.

Tian Yuan Tan, “A Textual and Digital Approach to Late Imperial Chinese Court Drama" (presented online)
Writing Nanyang and World Sinology: The 5th ZJU-NUS Forum of Chinese Studies’s Frontier, Zhejiang University, 25 July 2022.

Ewan Macdonald, "On Translation: A China Centre Conversation".
University of Oxford China Centre, 26 May 2022.

Ewan Macdonald, "Sailing the Western Oceans- Encountering the Other in a Seventeenth Century Chinese Court Drama".
Early Modern English Literature Seminar Hilary Term 2022, Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 15 February 2022.

Cheuk Yee Wai, "Challenges on digitising pre-modern Chinese drama scripts".
Digital Editions Community of Practice, Taylor Institution Library, University of Oxford, 10 February 2022.

許明德,「宮廷戲曲與詞曲傳統的數位化研究」。
「數位人文與文學研究」工作坊,香港樹仁大學中國語言文學系、尹周玉芬跨學科循證實踐及研究中心。2022年1月29日。
(Ming Tak Ted Hui, “Digitizing Court Drama and the Study of Song Lyrics”. “Digital Humanities and Literary Studies” Workshop. Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Shue Yan University and Centre for Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice and Research. 29 January 2022.)

陳靝沅、許明德,「TEXTCOURT:建立一種針對宮廷戲劇的數位研究方法」。
第12屆數位典藏與數位人文國際研討會,國立彰化師範大學與臺灣數位人文學會,2021年12月12日。
(Tian Yuan Tan and Ming Tak Ted Hui. “TEXTCOURT: Formulating a Digital Approach to Court Drama”. 12th International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities, National Changhua University of Education and Taiwanese Association for Digital Humanities. 12 December 2021)

慕昱安,“紙上文本與數位方法:設計一套適用於中國(宮廷)戲曲的TEI標記”.
第12屆數位典藏與數位人文國際研討會,國立彰化師範大學與臺灣數位人文學會,2021年12月10日。
(Ewan MacDonald, “Analogue texts, digital methods: designing a TEI schema for Chinese (Court) drama”. 12th International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities, National Changhua University of Education and Taiwanese Association for Digital Humanities, 10 December 2021.)

Mei Yi Lau, “From Single-tiered to Three-tiered: The Stage Performance of The Precious Raft of Ascending Peace”.
Conceptualizing Court Literature with New Methodologies, National Changhua University of Education and Taiwanese Association for Digital Humanities, 4 December 2021.

Ewan MacDonald, “Analogue Texts, Digital Methods: Building a TEI Schema for Chinese (Court) Drama”.
Conceptualizing Court Literature with New Methodologies, University of Oxford, 3 December 2021

Ming Tak Ted Hui, “The Illusion of a Unified Style: Poetry Composed by the Kuizhang Academicians in the Early 14th Century”.
Conceptualizing Court Literature with New Methodologies, University of Oxford, 3 December 2021.

Tian Yuan Tan, “Texts and Traditions: Tracing the Literary Worlds of Chinese Court Drama”.
Conceptualizing Court Literature with New Methodologies, University of Oxford, 2 December 2021.

Ewan MacDonald, Research Conversation with Professor Marilyn Booth.
Research Conversations, The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, 5 March 2021.