Recasting and Body Politics:Rewriting the Tale of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye by Lu Xun and Kōda Rohan
Both Lu Xun's"Casting Sword"and Kōda Rohan's"The Single Sword"serve as adaptations of the Chinese Six Dynasties supernatural tale of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye.In"Casting Sword"the recasting involves the revitalization of themes of loyalty,vengeance,and nationalistic fervor,while"The Single Sword"focuses on rejuvenating the spirit of faith and the determination to"establish oneself and achieve greatness"in male characters."Casting Sword"inherits the Confucian traditional ideas of people-oriented governance,blood-related revenge,and maternal-themed vengeance from the tale of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye.On the other hand,"The Single Sword"rewrites the narrative of Gan Jiang forging a sword,concentrating on the protagonist's resolute effort to"establish oneself and achieve greatness"after being shamed by his wife."Casting Sword"employs a Chinese-style body politics with a revenge pattern of"giving up one's body to preserve the head"and"using one's head to compensate for another head."In contrast,"The Single Sword"features a depoliticized portrayal of the Japanese-style"abdomen"with instances of the wife committing suicide by disembowelment upon escaping and the protagonist self-eviscerating to prove the innocence of the treasured sword.The forehead measurement and the perspective on life and death in"Casting Sword"reflect a transcendental view of life and death as found in The Great Master in Zhuang Zi while"The Single Sword"inherits the male extravagance from Li Bai's"Gufeng(59 poems)".
"Casting Sword""The Single Sword"faith and spirithead and abdomenmale extravagance
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