Mobility Dynamics

Confucian ethicsConfucianismethic—the hierarchyConfucianismhierarchy between written and spoken language—the elite class of scholar-officialsEducationscholar-official—national versus local domains—literatiScholar-officialsliterati versus artisans—xiqu histories—case study: xiqus entering written culture—the urban–rural divide—upward social mobilityMobilitysocial mobility in the xiqu fieldField—case study: xiqus of FujianFujian within the province and on the national level—the genre of “select scenes”—performing in/for the centreCentre—xiqus and domestic soft powerPowersoft power—the tasks of the centreCentre—case study: report performancesFeedbackreport performances and their evaluationsEvaluation—tourist xiqu—“operatizationMinoritiesoperatization”—unity-in-diversity.