Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-p’in Anthology

191 Pages·1999·0.69 MB·English

by  Yang Ye

Vignettes from the Late Ming

Vignettes from the Late Ming
A Hsiao-p’in Anthology
Translated
with
Annotations
and an
Introduction
by
YANG YE
University of Washington Press
SEATTLE AND LONDON
Copyright © 1998 by the University of Washington Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vignettes from the late Ming : a hsiao-p’in anthology / translated with
annotations and an introduction by Yang Ye.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–295–97733–7 (alk. paper)
1. Chinese essays—Ming dynasty, 1368–1644—Translation into
English. I. Ye, Yang, 1948–
PL2658.E8V54 1999 98–15078
895.1´44608—dc21 CIP
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10 percent post-consumer and at least 50 percent pre-consumer waste. It
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For Cora, Joy, and Sean

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Hsiao-p’inof the Late Ming: An Introduction xiii
Editorial Notes xxxii
Map xxxvi
Kuei Yu-kuang 3
Foreword to “Reflections on The Book of Documents” 4
A Parable of Urns 5
Inscription on the Wall of the Wild Crane Belvedere 6
The Craggy Gazebo 6
The Hsiang-chi Belvedere 7
An Epitaph for Chillyposy 10
Lu Shu-sheng 11
Inkslab Den 12
Bitter Bamboo 13
A Trip to Wei Village 14
A Short Note about My Six Attendants in Retirement 15
Inscription on Two Paintings in My Collection 16
Inscription on a Portrait of Tung-p’o Wearing Bamboo Hat and Clogs 17
Hsü Wei 18
To Ma Ts’e-chih 19
Foreword to Yeh Tzu-shu’s Poetry 19
Another Colophon (On the Model Script “The Seventeenth” in the
Collection of Minister Chu of the Court of the Imperial Stud) 20
A Dream 21
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CONTENTS
Li Chih 22
Three Fools 23
In Praise of Liu Hsieh 24
A Lament for the Passing 25
Inscription on a Portrait of Confucius at the Iris Buddhist Shrine 25
Essay:On the Mind of a Child 26
T’u Lung 29
A Letter in Reply to Li Wei-yin 30
To a Friend, while Staying in the Capital 31
To a Friend, after Coming Home in Retirement 32
Ch’en Chi-ju 33
Trips to See Peach in Bloom 34
Inscription on Wang Chung-tsun’s A History of Flowers 36
A Colophon to A History of Flowers 37
A Colophon to A Profile of Yao P’ing-chung 37
Selections from Privacies in the Mountains 38
Yüan Tsung-tao 41
Little Western Paradise 42
A Trip to Sukha-vat-iTemple 42
A Trip to Yüeh-yang 43
Selections from Miscellanea 44
Yüan Hung-tao 46
First Trip to West Lake 47
Waiting for the Moon: An Evening Trip to the Six Bridges 47
A Trip to the Six Bridges after a Rain 48
Mirror Lake 49
A Trip to Brimming Well 49
A Trip to High Beam Bridge 50
A Biography of the Stupid but Efficient Ones 51
Essay:A Biography of Hsü Wen-ch’ang 53
Yüan Chung-tao 57
Foreword to The Sea of Misery 58
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CONTENTS
Shady Terrace 58
Selections from Wood Shavings of Daily Life 59
Chung Hsing 62
Flower-Washing Brook 63
To Ch’en Chi-ju 65
A Colophon to My Poetry Collection 65
Colophon to A Drinker’s Manual(Four Passages) 66
Inscription after Yüan Hung-tao’s Calligraphy 67
Inscription on My Portrait 68
Li Liu-fang 69
A Short Note about My Trips to Tiger Hill 70
A Short Note about My Trips to Boulder Lake 71
Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travels
in Chiang-nan (Four Passages)
Horizontal Pond 72
Boulder Lake 72
Tiger Hill 73
Divinity Cliff 73
Inscription on A Picture of Solitary Hill on a Moonlit Night 74
Wang Ssu-jen 75
A Trip to Brimming Well 76
A Trip to Wisdom Hill and Tin Hill 77
Passing by the Small Ocean 78
Shan-hsi Brook 79
T’an Yüan-ch’un 81
First Trip to Black Dragon Pond 82
Second Trip to Black Dragon Pond 82
Third Trip to Black Dragon Pond 84
Chang Tai 86
Selections from Dream Memories from the T’ao Hut
A Night Performance at Golden Hill 87
Plum Blossoms Bookroom 88
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