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Renditions no. 98 (Autumn 2022)

Renditions no. 98 provides an eclectic mix of poetry, prose, and fiction from as early as the Northern Wei to the 1950s by influential politicians or acclaimed writers. Highlights include poems by the famous playwright and critic Li Yu 李漁, an early-Qing vernacular story ‘A Miser Digs New Pits and Makes a Load of Money’ 掘新坑慳鬼成財主, which traces out an unorthodox path to riches and fame of a rural family, and a collection of three stories written by the revered Liu Yichang 劉以鬯 during his sojourn in Singapore. The issue concludes with a review by David L. Rolston on one of the latest books dealing with the classic The Story of the Stone.

148 pages

Order

Editor’s Page		5
Gao Yun	*Two Yuefu* Poems** Translated by Rebecca Doran	7
	Song of Luofu	9
	Wang Ziqiao	10
Zhu Yijun	Preface for an Imperial Reprint of the Daxue yanyi bu Translated by Aaron Throness	12
————	*Five Late-Ming and Early-Qing Analogues of the Liaozhai zhiyi* Tale ‘Shibian’** Translated by Shengyu Wang and Paulo Brito	20
	Wang Zhaoyun: Corpse Reanimation	25
	Tan Qian: Corpse Reanimation	26
	Zhao Jishi: An Untitled Anecdote	27
	Niu Xiu: A Running Corpse	27
	Tong Shisi: Living Corpse	28
Li Yu	Selected Poems Translated by Barbara Jiawei Li and Jiang Wei	29
	Mooring at Caidian, Encountering a Sudden Rain at Night	30
	Impeded by the Wind When Travelling on the River	32
	Ode to Moon-Viewing on Mid-Autumn	34
	Ode to Watching the Snow on a Boat in Zhenjiang	36
	Night Rain Outside a Guest-Room Window	38
	Impeded by the Wind, I Anchored My Boat near an Islet. I Looked Around, There Being no Company for the Night but Reeds.	39
	Away from Hometown, with the Moon	40
	Stopped by the Rain at Tongguan	40
Master of the Savouring Water Pavilion	A Miser Digs New Pits and Makes a Load of Money Translated by Jonah Katz	41
Jiang Dunfu	Biographies of Two Distinguished Foreigners Translated by Sebastian Eicher	89
Shen Congwen	The Doctor Translated by Andrew Kauffman	100
Feng Zikai	Train Society Translated by Lifeng Ouyang	108
Liu Yichang	In a Cinematic Mood: Three Malayan Stories Translated by Lim Fong Wei	114
	Singapore Story: excerpts	118
	The Robot	122
	Midnight Show	127
Book Review		130
Notes on Authors		143
Notes on Contributors		146

Renditions no. 98 (Autumn 2022)

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