Song Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader

by Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang

Overview

Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813143272
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/23/2017
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Terms Regarding Weights and Measures xi

Introduction xiii

1 Qin Chun <$$$>, "Supplementary Biography of Empress Zhao: the Flying Swallow" <$$$> 1

2 Zhang Shi <$$$>, "The Record of a Drifting Red Leaf" <$$$> 33

3 Anonymous, "The Tale of the Plum-Blossom Consort" <$$$> 55

4 Qin Chun <$$$>, "The Record of Tan Yige" <$$$> 79

5 Liu Shiyin <$$$>, "The Record of Wang Youyu" <$$$> 117

6 Anonymous, "An Unofficial Biography of Li Shishi" <$$$> 145

7 Xia E <$$$>, "The Tale of Wang Kui" <$$$> 173

8 Yue Shi <$$$>, "The Tale of Green Pearl" <$$$> 199

9 Qiu Jun <$$$>, "The Record of Lady Sun" <$$$> 235

10 Liu Fu <$$$>, "The Tale of Wang Ji" <$$$> 259

11 Anonymous, "The Tale of Wang Shi" <$$$> 283

12 Qian Yi <$$$>, "The Black-Clothing State" <$$$> 299

Selected Bibliography 317

Index 327

About the Authors 337