Renditions no. 44 (Autumn 1995)​

Essays, memoirs, poetry and fiction, including three zidishu ballads based on the classical novel Jin Ping Mei (The Golden Lotus), as well as a critical article, ‘Late Twentieth Century Orientalism and Discourses of Selection’.

125 pages

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Table of Contents

Editor’s Page iv
ARTICLE
Louise Edwards Late Twentieth Century Orientalism and Discourses of Selection 1
ESSAY
Joseph S. M. Lau Footnotes, Endnotes, In-Text Notes, Retrospective Notes, or Ah Yee Leng Tong and All the Rest of It
Translated by Sheung Shing-yue
12
FICTION
Aina Jushi Idle Talk Under the Bean Arbour: excerpts
Translated by Yenna Wu
17
Han Xiaochuang Three Zidishu on Jin Ping Mei
Translated by Mary Scott
33
POETRY
Du Mu and Wei Yingwu Six Poems
Translated by Arthur Bull
66
Liu Changqing and Wen Tingyun Two Classical Poems
Translated by David Lunde
78
MEMOIRS
Chen Baichen A Loney Childhood: excerpts
Translated by Louise Ko
82
Su Ye Always in My Heart
Translated by Janice Wickeri
103
Notes on Authors 115
Notes on Contributors 117
Books Received 119
Index 120