Anthology of Tang and Song Tales: The Tang Song chuanqi ji of Lu Xun

Editors:
Victor Mair & Zhenjun Zhang

Publication date:
April 2020

Publisher: 
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Abstract:
This volume is the first complete English rendition of the 45 famous tales in the monumental anthology masterfully selected and edited by Lu Xun (1881–1936). It is the most distinctive, authoritative, and influential chuanqi collection thus far, and many of the pieces are rendered for the first time. This is an important contribution to the field of Chinese studies in the English-speaking world.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Preface and Selection Rules
Chinese Dynasty Chronology

Chapter 1:
The Record of the Ancient Mirror
A Supplement to Jiang Zong's 'Biography of the White Ape'
An Account of the Detached Soul
The World Inside a Pillow
The Tale of Miss Ren

Chapter 2:
Zheng Qinyue Deciphers an Ancient Inscription of the Datong Reign Period
The Tale of Miss Liu
Tale of the Transcendent Marriage of Dongting Lake
The Story of Li Zhangwu
The Tale of Huo Xiaoyu

Chapter 3:
The Ancient Classic of Peaks and Waterways
An Account of the Governor of the Southern Branch
The Story of Lady Feng of Lujiang
An Account of Xie Xiao'e
The Courtesan Li Wa
An Account of Three Dreams
The Account of the Song of Lasting Regret
The Elder of the Eastern Wall
The Origin of the Peaceful Kaiyuan Reign Era

Chapter 4:
The Story of Yingying
A Chronicle of My Journey through Zhou and Qin
Lament from the Xiang River: A Prose with a Preface
Registering a Strange Dream
A Record of a Dream of Qin
The Tale of Wushuang the Peerless
An Account of the Maid Shangqing
The Account of Courtesan Yang
The Tale of Feiyan
The Tale of the Curly-Bearded Guest

Chapter 5:
Music from the Netherworld
A Record of Nocturnal Spirits near Dongyang
An Account of Lingying

Chapter 6:
Leftover Record of the Sui Dynasty (A)
Leftover Record of the Sui Dynasty (B)
Record of the Oceans and Mountains of Emperor Yang of the Sui (A)
Record of the Oceans and Mountains of Emperor Yang of the Sui (B)
The Mansion of Enchantment
Records of Constructing the Grand Canal

Chapter 7:
The Tale of Green Pearl
Unofficial Biography of Yang the Grand Verity (A)
Unofficial Biography of Yang the Grand Verity (B)

Chapter 8:
The Record of the Drifting Red Leaf
Separate Traditions of Empress Zhao 'the Flying Swallow'
The Tale of Tan Yige
The Record of Wang Youyu
Wang Xie
The Tale of Concubine Plum
An Unofficial Biography of Li Shishi