Yuanfei Wang

I am happy to share that my new article “Mencian Reincarnations: Mercy and Forgiveness in the Seventeenth-Century Chinese Novel Predestined Marriage that Awakens the World” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture.

The article examines the the largely overlooked but elementary theme of mercy and forgiveness in the seventeenth Century Chinese novel Xingshi yin yuan zhuan 醒世姻緣傳 (Predestined Marriage that Awakens the World). It argues that based upon Mencius, the novel blends mercy and forgiveness with Buddhist reincarnation and rituals to portray a compelling intellectual landscape of the seventeenth century.