Renditions no. 83 (Spring 2015)

Renditions no. 83 is a general issue with a special section on Feng Menglong’s 馮夢龍 Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 東周列國志. Other features comprise ‘The Xishan Treatise on the Aesthetics of Qin Music’ 谿山琴況 by Xu Shangying 徐上瀛, seven poems of the Qing-dynasty poet Luo Qilan 駱綺蘭, and ‘The Biography of Zhang Tang, from The Book of Han’ 漢書‧張湯傳 by Ban Gu 班固. 

129 pages

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Table of Contents

Editor’s Page 5
Special Section:
Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
Erik Honobe Introductory Note 11
List of Places 11
List of Main Characters 12
Feng Menglong Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms: excerpts
Translated by Erik Honobe
13
Chapter One 15
Chapter Two 29
Chapter Three 48
Ban Gu The Biography of Zhang Tang, from the Book of Han
Translated by Daniel Friedman
67
Xu Shangying The Xishan Treatise on the Aesthetics of Qin Music
Translated by Chun Yan Tse and Shui Fong Lam
89
Luo Qilan Seven Poems
Translated by De-nin Lee
112
On Madame Guan’s Ink Bamboo 113
Two Poems on Madame Huang’s Reading Books in Autumn Mountains 116
My Own Inscription on Teaching My Daughter by Autumn Lamplight 117
Two Poems Thanking Madame Xiufo and Her Niece Madame Lianting for Their Poems on Teaching My Daughter by Autumn Lamplight 119
Thanking Minister Bi Qiufan for His Inscription on Teaching My Daughter by Autumn Lamplight 126
Book Review 122
Book Notices 126
Notes on Authors 128
Notes on Contributors 129