Renditions no. 4 (Spring 1975)​

168 pages

* currently out of print

Table of Contents

Editor’s Page4
Articles
Wing-tsit ChanNeo-Confucian philosophical Poems5
Gerald BullettAn Experiment in Translation40
Wang Fang-yuLevels of Difficulty in Translation46
Fiction
Hsiao ChunGoats
Translated by Howard Goldblatt
22
Pa ChinTo a Cousin—Preface to the 10th Edition of “Family”
Translated by Shang-lan Mui Yeh
73
Ling Shu-huaShort Stories
Translated by Marie Chan
116
I. Mid-Autumn Eve116
II. Embroidered Pillow124
Wu Wo-yaoBizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed in Two Decades
Translated by Shih Shun Liu
129
Biography
————Two Ming Biographies
Translated by Hok-lam Chan
83
I. Chu Yuan-chang: The Crazy Chou Immortal85
II. Sung Lien: The Iron-Cap Taoist90
     More About Chang Chung93
Drama
Yang Hsien-chihRain on the Hsiao-hsiang
Translated by J. I. Crump
49
Ts’ao YuThe Wilderness
Translated by Jane Lai
102
Poetry
Fan Ch’eng-taThe Golden Years of Fan Ch’eng-ta
Translated by Gerald Bullett
43
————Poetry from Peking
Translated by Hsu Kai-yu
96
Art
Mei Ch’ingBy the Lion Cliff Rock47
P’u Hsin-yuI take my books and sit there48
Rosanna Wei-han LiSomeone Dead nine Times Out of Ten, woodcut128
Wang Chi-Yuan My Love for the Lotus, calligraphy153
Briefs
————An Author’s Mentors 39
————The Roots of a Novel71
————On Target115
————A Bannerman at the Teahouse
Translated by Gloria Bien
148
————Books Received152
Notes on Contributors 151
Chinese Texts 154