Chinese Autobiographical Writing An Anthology of Personal Accounts
"Chinese Autobiographical Writing contains full translations of autobiographical narratives, personal accounts, poems, and letters by fifty authors that reveal personal experiences as well as self-reflection by individuals from all walks of life over the course of Chinese history"--
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UNIV OF WASHINGTON PRESS
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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Table of Contents:
- A Son's Tribute to His Mother: An inscription on a bronze vessel (10th c. BCE)
- Crime and Punishment: Personal testimony given in four legal cases (3rd-2nd c. BCE)
- A Han Emperor Accepting the Blame: Edict / by Emperor Wu 武帝 (r. 141-87 BCE)
- Letters Home: Three letters sent by ordinary men and women (3rd c. BCE and 9th-10th c. CE)
- A Natural Philosopher's Account of His Life: Last chapter of his collected essays / by Wang Chong 王充 (27-ca. 97 CE)
- A Father Writing to His Son: A letter / by Zheng Xuan 鄭玄 (127-200)
- An Abducted Woman on Returning Home: Poems / by Cai Yan 蔡琰 (ca. 177-ca. 249)
- Military Men Touting Their Merits: Cao Cao 曹操 (155-220) and his son Cao Pi 曹丕 (187-226)
- The Pain of Separation: Poetic writings / by Imperial Consort Zuo Fen 左芬 (ca. 253-300)
- An Emperor's Discourse on Karma and Vegetarianism: Preface / by Emperor Wu 梁武帝 (r. 502-549) of the Liang
- Late Tang Writers on Life beyond Office-Holding: Accounts / by Bai Juyi 白居易 (772-846) and Lu Guimeng 陸龜蒙 (ca. 836-881)
- Mourning Friends and Relations: Elegies / by Han Yu 韓愈 (768-824) and Han Qi 韓琦 (1008-1075)
- An Advocate of the Simple Life: Autobiography / by Liu Kai 柳開 (948-1001)
- Records of Things Seen and Heard: Prefaces to five Song miscellanies (11th-13th c.)
- Chanting about Oneself: Poems by four Song scholars (11th-13th c.)
- An Envoy's Trip to the Jin Court : Travel diary / by Lou Yue 樓鑰 (1137-1213)
- Women and Suicide: Writing on an inn wall by Qiongnu 瓊奴 (11th c.) and a poem by Han Ximeng 韓希孟 (mid-13th c.)
- Witnessing Dynastic Collapse: Writings by Yuan Haowen 元好問 (1190-1257) and Wen Tianxiang 文天祥 (1236-1283)
- Peaceful Abodes: Accounts of their homes by Yelü Chucai 耶律楚材 (1190-1244) and Xie Yingfang 謝應芳(1296-1392)
- A Female Doctor's Life and Work: Preface and postfaces to a book by / Tan Yunxian 談允賢 (1461-1556)
- An Eccentric Considers Suicide: Self-authored funerary biography / by Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593)
- Life in the Examination Hell: Preface to a set of examination essays / by Ai Nanying 艾南英 (1583-1646)
- A Royal Consort's Song: Music for the zither / by Madame Zhong 鐘氏 (fl. 1570-1620)
- Environmental Catastrophes: Harrowing reports / by Chen Qide 陳其德 (fl. 1640s) and Pu Songling 蒲松齡 (1640-1715)
- A Con Man Posing as an Official: Legal Confession of Luo Fenpeng 羅奮鵬 (b. 1726)
- A Private Secretary's Itinerant Life: Year-by-year autobiography / by Wang Huizu 汪輝祖 (1730-1807)
- Tributes to Close Relatives:Appreci ations written by a woman for her husband and a man for his elder sister (18th and 19th c.)
- A Teenager Captured by the Nian Rebels: Record of a fifteen-week ordeal / by Liu Tang 柳堂 (1844-1929)
- Keeping Family Members Informed: Letters to his eldest son / by Zeng Guofan 曾國藩 (1811-1872).
