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Renditions no. 93 (Spring 2020)

This issue features an eclectic mix of works by important figures in Chinese literary and cultural history or by contemporary prize-winning authors. Highlights include portions of Wang Tao’s 王韜 diaries that record his journey to Hangzhou in 1858, and Ge Fei’s 格非 fiction ‘Oyster Shells’ 蚌殼, an imaginative tour de force that unfolds considerably psychological complexity.

123 pages

Order

Editor’s Page		5
Li Shangyin	The Brocade Zither Translated by Xiang Liu	7
Ma Zhiyuan	Autumn Thoughts, to the Tune of ‘Sky Pure Sand’ Translated by Xiang Liu	8
Wang Tao	Wang Tao’s Diary: excerpts Translated by Sebastian Eicher	9
Lin Shu	Reading the Biographies of Exemplary Women Translated by César Guarde-Paz	29
Lu Xun	On Moustaches Translated by Peter Witherington	35
Kang Youwei	Lectures on the Heavens: Chapter Eleven, Treatise on God Translated by Zhaoyuan Wan and Patrick Swire	42
Liang Yuchun	About Vagabonds Translated by Lifeng Ouyang	50
Ge Fei	Oyster Shells Translated by Andrew F. Jones	65
Xie Hong	A Romance Translated by Jicheng Sun and Hal Swindall	87
Zhang Wei	The Story of Ah Yah Translated by Dongwei Chu	99
Yuan Changming	Ten Poems Translated by the poet	108
Notes on Authors		118
Notes on Contributors		121

Renditions no. 93 (Spring 2020)

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