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Renditions no. 100 (Spring 2024)

Final Issue

Renditions no. 100 marks the ultimate edition of the journal after fifty full years of its publication. A valedictory issue, the 300-page volume comprises an extensive collection of pieces from the Song to the 21st century. Highlights include an anthropomorphic biography by Su Shi, an excerpt from Yuan Yuling’s fiction Forgotten Tales of the Sui, and contemporary song lyrics by the Chinese rock band Omnipotent Youth Society. Many of the pieces have been skilfully rendered into English by translators who have supported the journal over the years. This issue encapsulates the journal’s work in the last half-century and celebrates its enduring role in literary communication between the East and West.

310 pages

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Notice		6
Editor’s Page		7
Su Shi	The Biography of Ye Jia Translated by Elizabeth Smithrosser	9
————	Selected Poems Inscribed on Paintings Translated by Baohong Zhang	19
Yuan Yuling	Forgotten Tales of the Sui: excerpt Translated by Robert E. Hegel	27
Huang Jingren	Two Poems Translated by Matthew Wild	62
Wang Tao	Three Stories Translated by Xuezhao Li	71
	A Brief Biography of Mary	72
	A Wonderland under the Sea	80
	A Great Overseas Adventure	87
————	Two Telephone Stories Translated by Kelly Fan	95
	Bao Tianxiao and Xu Zhuodai: Wireless	98
	Bao Tianxiao: Telephone	104
Lu Xun	Home Translated by Theodore Huters	113
Fei Ming	Two Stories Translated by Andrew F. Jones	123
	The Story of the Bamboo Grove	123
	Mr and Mrs Zhang	131
Zhu Yuanchu	A Record of Earrings and Letters Translated by Jessica Morris	139
Lu Xun	Untitled Translated by Richard King	143
————	Two New Stories about the First Emperor of Qin Translated by Anthony J. Barbieri-Low with the assistance of Leslie Wallace and QZ Lau	145
	Guo Moruo: The First Emperor of Qin Approaches Death	147
	Qiu Weng: The First Emperor of Qin Goes to Sea Seeking Immortals	155
Feng Zikai	The Sorrow of Realization Translated by Wai-ho Wong	165
Lin Huiyin	Wenzhen Translated by Sunny Yuchen Liu	169
Mei Niang	The Strangers’ Apparel Translated by Lehyla G. Heward	178
Wu Zuxiang	On Idiosyncrasies Translated by Lifeng Ouyang	188
Dai Wangshu	Two Essays Translated by Emily Suet Yi Lau	197
	Second-Hand Book Markets in Hong Kong	200
	Miscellaneous Records of a Mountain Villa	204
Wang Zengqi	Three Fictions Translated by Andrew F. Jones	207
	Praying for Rain	207
	Lost	210
	The Man Who Sold Earthworms	215
Zhu Lin	Tiddler’s Story Translated by Richard King	221
Liu Sifen	Precarious Citadel in Autumn Dew: excerpt Translated by Dongwei Chu	239
Li Yongping	Where the Great River Ends: excerpt Translated by Lezhi Wang	249
Wang Ting-kuo	Chunzi Translated by Howard Goldblatt	267
Xuemo	Ma Da Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin	273
Ji Geng	Five Lyrics Translated by Andrew F. Jones	275
Eva Hung	The Minister	287
Notes on Authors		299
Notes on Contributors		306

Renditions no. 100 (Spring 2024)

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