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A guide to primary sources that date from China's early medieval period (late third through sixth centuries) and to later anthologies or reference works concerning them. Ninety-three essays, arrang...
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A guide to primary sources that date from China's early medieval period (late third through sixth centuries) and to later anthologies or reference works concerning them. Ninety-three essays, arranged alphabetically by title, discuss authorship, contents, history of editions, traditional commentaries and assessments, modern scholarship, and translations.
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Price: $45.00
Pages: 572
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Series: China Research Monograph
Publication Date: 01 October 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781557291097
Format: Paperback
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Cynthia L. Chennault is associate professor of Chinese at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on Chinese lyrical poetry, society, and history from the Six Dynasties to the early Tang period (4th to 7th centuries). She is the journal editor of Early Modern China. She is the lead editor of Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (IEAS, 2015). Education: B.A. in English Literature, Wellesley College; M.A./Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilization, Chinese, Stanford University.

Keith N. Knapp is professor of history at The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina), where he teaches classes on East Asia. His research focuses on the cultural and social history of early medieval China. He is the author of Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China (University of Hawai'i Press, 2005), and co-editor of Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (IEAS, 2015). Education: B.A. in History and Asian Studies, State University of New York, Albany; M.A./Ph.D. in East Asian History, University of California, Berkeley.

Alan J. Berkowitz was Susan W. Lippincott Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Professor of Chinese at Swarthmore College. He was also Chair of Asian Studies. His research focused on the poetry and culture of the Six Dynasties and the Tang dynasty. He is the author of Patterns of Disengagement: The Practice and Portrayal of Reclusion in Early Medieval China (Stanford University Press, 2000), and co-editor of Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (IEAS, 2015). Professor Berkowitz passed away in summer 2015. Education: B.A. in Asian Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Vermont; M.A./Ph.D in Classical Chinese Language and Literature, University of Washington.

Albert E. Dien is professor emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. He is the author of Six Dynasties Civilization (Yale University Press, 2007), and co-editor of Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (IEAS, 2015).

Introduction – ix

Chronology of Dynasties – xvii

Rulers and Reign Eras – xix

Texts

          Bao Zhao ji 鮑照集—Su Jui-lung – 1

          Baopuzi 抱朴子—Matthew Wells – 6

          Bei Qi shu 北齊書—Kenneth Klein – 13

          Bei shi 北史—David Graff – 18

          Beitang shuchao 北堂書鈔—Damien Chaussende – 24

          Biqiuni zhuan 比丘尼傳—John Kieschnick – 28

          Bowu zhi 博物志—Roger Greatrex – 32

          Cao Zhi ji 曹植集—Qiulei Hu – 39

          Chen shu 陳書—Damien Chaussende – 44

          Chenggong Sui ji 成公綏集—Howard L. Goodman – 48

          Chuxue ji 初學記—Alexei Kamran Ditter – 52

          Diaoyu ji 琱玉集—Keith N. Knapp – 58

          Diwang shiji 帝王世紀—Monique Nagel-Angermann – 62

          Foguo ji 佛國記—Stuart H. Young – 67

          Fu Xuan ji 傅玄集—Kong Xurong – 72

          Gaoseng zhuan 高僧傳—John Kieschnick – 76

          Gaoshi zhuan 高士傳—Alan J. Berkowitz – 81

          Ge xianweng Zhouhou beijifang 葛仙翁肘後備急方—Fan Ka-wai – 88

          Guang Hongming ji 廣弘明集—Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer – 95

          Han Wei Liuchao baisanjia ji 漢魏六朝百三家集—Olga Lomová – 98

          He Chengtian ji 何承天集—Howard L. Goodman – 102

          He Xun ji 何遜集—Ping Wang – 105

          Hongming ji 弘明集—Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer – 109

          Hou Han shu 後漢書—Hans van Ess – 112

          Huanyuan ji 還冤記 —Albert E. Dien – 119

          Huayang guo zhi 華陽國志—J. Michael Farmer – 123

          Jiankang shilu 建康實錄—Liu Shu-fen – 131

          Jin shu 晉書—Howard L. Goodman – 136

          Jing-Chu suishi ji 荊楚歲時記—Andrew Chittick – 146

          Jinlouzi 金樓子—Beatrice Spade – 151

          Kong Zhigui ji 孔稚珪集—Olga Lomová – 158

          Liang Jianwendi ji 梁簡文帝集—Xiaofei Tian – 162

          Liang shu 梁書— Damien Chaussende – 167

          Liang Wudi ji 梁武帝集—Xiaofei Tian – 171

          Liang Yuandi ji 梁元帝集 —Xiaofei Tian – 175

          Liuzi 劉子—Lo Yuet Keung – 179

          Lu Ji ji 陸機集—Nicholas Morrow Williams – 188

          Lu Yun ji 陸雲集—Sujane Wu – 193

          Luoyang qielan ji 洛陽伽藍記—Victor Cunrui Xiong – 198

          Nan Qi shu 南齊書—William Gordon Crowell – 202

          Nan shi 南史—Mark Strange and Jakub Hruby – 209

          Niu Hong ji 牛弘集—Howard L. Goodman – 217

          Pan Yue ji 潘岳集—Nicholas Morrow Williams – 220

          Qieyun 切韻—Meow Hui Goh – 225

          Qimin yaoshu 齊民要術—Francesca Bray – 232

          Quan shanggu Sandai Qin Han Sanguo Liuchao wen 全上古三代秦漢三國六朝文—David R. Knechtges – 242

          Renwu zhi 人物志—Goh Kailing – 245

          Sanguo zhi 三國志 —Robert Joe Cutter – 250

          Shanghan lun 傷寒論—Catherine Despeux – 258

          Shennong bencao jing 神農本草經—Catherine Despeux – 264

          Shenxian zhuan 神仙傳—Robert Ford Campany – 269       

          Shi pin 詩品—John Timothy Wixted – 275

          Shiliuguo chunqiu 十六國春秋—David Brian Honey – 289

          Shishuo xinyu 世說新語—Qian Nanxiu – 296

          Shiyi ji 拾遺記—Lei Jin – 302

          Shu Xi ji 束晳集—Howard L. Goodman – 306

          Shuijing zhu 水經注—J. Henning Huesemann – 311

          Shuyi ji 述異記—Lily Xiao Hong Lee – 318

          Song shu 宋書—Andrew Chittick – 320

          Soushen ji 搜神記—Daniel Hsieh – 324

          Sui shu 隋書—Victor Cunrui Xiong – 330

          Sun Chuo ji 孫綽集—Zornica Kirkova – 335

          Taiping yulan 太平御覽—Johannes L. Kurz – 342

          Tao Yuanming ji 陶淵明集—Xiaofei Tian – 347

          Tong dian 通典—David Graff – 355

          Wang Shuhe Maijing 王叔和脈經—Catherine Despeux – 362

          Wei shu 魏書—Kenneth Klein – 368

          Wei Wendi ji 魏文帝集—Qiulei Hu – 373

          Wei Wudi ji 魏武帝集—Qiulei Hu – 377

          Wen xuan 文選—David R. Knechtges – 381

          Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龍—Antje Richter – 389

          Wu Jun ji 吳均集—Cynthia L. Chennault – 401

          Xiao Tong ji 蕭統集—Ping Wang – 406

          Xiaozi zhuan 孝子傳—Keith N. Knapp – 409

          Xie Huilian ji 謝惠連集—Olga Lomová – 414

          Xie Lingyun ji 謝靈運集—Wendy Swartz – 418

          Xie Tiao ji 謝朓集—Cynthia L. Chennault – 422

          Xu Gaoseng zhuan 續高僧傳—John Kieschnick – 428

          Xun Xu ji 荀勖集—Howard L. Goodman – 432

          Yanshi jiaxun 顏氏家訓—Albert E. Dien – 436

          Yezhong ji 鄴中記—Shing Müller – 442

          Ying Qu ji 應璩集—Pauline Lin – 450

          Yiwen leiju 藝文類聚—Jessey J. C. Choo – 454

          Yu Xin ji 庾信集—Albert E. Dien – 465

          Yuan Shu ji 袁淑集—Brigitta Lee – 472

          Yuefu shiji 樂府詩集—Joseph R. Allen – 475

          Yulin 語林—Lily Xiao Hong Lee – 479

          Yutai xinyong 玉臺新詠—Thomas Jansen – 482

          Yuzhu baodian 玉燭寶典—Ian Chapman – 494

          Zhang Hua ji 張華集—Howard L. Goodman – 501

          Zhang Rong ji 張融集—Olga Lomová – 506

          Zhou shu 周書—Scott Pearce – 510

          Zuo Si ji 左思集—Yue Zhang – 514

Appendixes

          I: Cross-References to Alternate Titles – 519

          II: Common Literary Genres – 522

          III: Frequently Cited Sources and Collectanea – 524

          IV: Textual Transmission of the Standard Histories – 528

          V: Non-Western Periodical Titles – 536

Subject Index – 543