The Translation of Things Past

The Translation of Things Past: Chinese History and Historiography

Edited by George Kao

1982
204 pages
ISBN 962-201-272-8

* currently out of print

Table of Contents
(*Asterisks denote items with Chinese text)

PREFACE	5
YING-SHIH YÜ: The Study of Chinese History: Retrospect and Prospect Translated by Thomas H.C. Lee and Chun-chieh Huang	7
LIU CHIH-CHI: Understanding History: the Narration of Events* Translated by Stuart H. Sargent	27
BURTON WATSON: Some Remarks on Early Chinese Historical Works*	35
YING-SHIH YÜ: The Seating Order at the Hung Men Banquet Translated by T.C. Tang	49
STEPHEN C. SOONG: A Poet’s-eye View of History Translated by Mok Wing-yin	62
WINSTON L.Y. YANG: From History to Fiction—the Popular Image of Kuan Yü	67
T’AO CH’ENG-CHANG: The Evolution of China’s Secret Sects and Societies Translated by Ssu-yü Teng	81
WANG CH’ING-CH’ENG: Hung Hsiu-ch’üan’s Early Thought and the Taiping Revolution Translated by C. A. Curwen	103
LIANG CH’I-CH’AO: A Biography of T’an Ssu-t’ung* Translated by Chan Sin-wai	139
WILLIAM A. ROULSTON: After 3,000 Years—A Scene from An Ancient Classic Comes to Life	151
ALBERT G. HESS: The “Memoirs” of Li Hung-chang—the Story of a Non-translation	155
XIAO HONG: A Remembrance of Lu Xun Translated by Howard Goldblatt	169
Notes on Contributors	192
Chinese Texts	195