By William H. Nienhauser
The ebook starts with a heritage of prior translations of Tang stories, surveying how chinese language scholarship has formed the reception and rendition of those texts within the West. In that context, Tang Dynasty stories bargains the 1st annotated translations of six significant stories (often referred to as chuanqi, "transmitting the strange") that are interpreted particularly for college students and students drawn to medieval chinese language literature. Following the version of intertextual readings that Glen Dudbridge brought in his the story of Li Wa (Oxford, 1983), the annotation issues to resonances with classical texts, whereas environment the stories within the political international in their time; the Translator's Notes that persist with every one translation clarify how those resonances and topical contexts extend the that means of the textual content. every one translation can be supported by means of a quick word list of unique phrases from the story and a bibliography guiding the reader to additional reviews. The meticulous scholarship of this ebook elevates it chiefly present collections of those tales, and the inclusion of a heritage of the interpretation paintings within the west, meant for graduate scholars, researchers, and different translators, broadens the collections' charm.
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68. 24 Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader Translator’s Note 1) Authorship Most modern scholars believe this piece is from the story collection of Ganze yao (Ballads of Timely Rainfall) written . Yuan Jiao was a man of Langshan of by Yuan Jiao Caizhou (modern Runan County, Henan). His father 93 Yuan Zi (ca. 748-818) once studied with Yuan Jie (719772) and his official rank reached as high as the Director of Board ). It is noteworthy that Yuan Zi of Finance (hubu shangshu served as a Military Governor several times.
Inside the box there was written the time of his birth with its corresponding 刻 刻 ke refers to the graduation of the waterclock. A whole day and night was divided into one hundred ke. m. 44 TPGJ (195: 1461) reads fu . All other texts read gu fu . Fu is the same as gu , but since the former is a difficult word, it is likely that this is from the original text. 45 Pillows and boxes of rhinoceros horn were both regarded as precious ornaments at that time. See Schafer’s discussion in The Golden Peaches, 241.
For a discussion of the role of music in Ganze yao, see Lin Mingde , “Yuan Jiao yu Ganze yao” , Xiandai wenxue 44 (1971): 169-70. This anecdote also suggests that the Lei shuo version of Hongxian as a singing girl has some basis. It is hard to imagine that a maid could have the opportunity to learn the classics and became well versed in music. On the other hand, it is well known that the singing girls of Tang times were gifted in many arts. 1a) all read . 25b) read . The word shi must have been added by later editors to clarify the meaning.