Renditions

Nos. 59 & 60 (Spring & Autumn 2003)
The Faces of a Chinese Beauty: Wang Zhaojun


Table of contents

5 EDITOR'S PAGE
POETRY
28 SHI CHONG: The Words of Wang Mingjun, with Preface (translated by Burton Watson)
32 BAO ZHAO: Wang Zhaojun (translated by Jam Ismail and Tam Pak Shan)
34 SHEN MANYUAN: Zhaojun's Regret (translated by Maureen Robertson)
36 YU XIN: Song of Zhaojun, Composed by Imperial Command (translated by Eva Hung)
38 LADY HOU: Setting My Feelings Free (translated by Carolyn Ford)
40 LI BAI: Wang Zhaojun (translated by Julie Landau)
42 DU FU: Thoughts on an Ancient Site III (translated by David Lunde)
44 RONG YU: Marriage to the Barbarians (translated by David E. Pollard)
46 BAI JUYI: Wang Zhaojun (two poems) (translated by Burton Watson)
50 SU YU: On the Policy of Giving a Bride to Cement the Peace(translated by Julie Landau)
52 WANG RUI: Why Grieve, Zhaojun? (translated by Audrey Heijns and David Lunde)
54 HU ZENG: The Han Palace (translated by Haun Saussy)
56 CHU GUANGXI: Wang Zhaojun (translated by Julie Landau)
58 LIANG QIONG: Zhaojun's Complaint (translated by Maureen Robertson)
59 WANG ANSHI: Songs of the Luminous Lady: two poems (translated by Eva Hung)
64 OUYANG XIU: Reply to Wang Anshi's Poem on the Luminous Lady (No. 2) (translated by John Dent-Young)
66 SIMA GUANG: Reply to 'Song of the Luminous Lady' by Wang Anshi (translated by Jianqing Zheng and Margo Stever)
68 SU SHI: Zhaojun Village (translated by Jam Ismail and Tam Pak Shan)
70 LU BENZHONG: Bright Consort (translated by David E. Pollard)
72 LU YOU: Song of the Bright Consort (translated by Jane Lai)
74 WANG SHIPENG: Zhaojun's Home Village (translated by Jane Lai)
76 HUANG WENLEI: Ballad of Zhaojun (translated by David E. Pollard)
80 WANG YUN: Painting of Wang Zhaojun Going Out the Border Passes (first of two poems) (translated by Jane Lai)
82 MA ZHIYUAN: To the Tune 'Purple Fungus Route' (translated by David E. Pollard)
84 YU JI: On the Painting 'Zhaojun Leaves the Country' (translated by John Dent-Young)
86 ZHANG ZHU: To the Tune 'Grief of Zhaojun' (translated by Audrey Heijns and David Lunde)
88 ZHANG KEJIU: Inspired by Illustration of Zhaojun Leaving for the Frontier (To the Yue Tune of 'Zhaier ling') (translated by Ian Chapman)
90 PENG HUA: Song of the Luminous Lady (translated by Jianqing Zheng and Margo Stever)
92 QIU JUN: On a Portrait of Zhaojun (translated by John Dent-Young)
94 WANG XUN: Lady Luminous (translated by Jam Ismail and Tam Pak Shan)
96 HUANG YOUZAO: Inscribed on a Painting of the Bright Consort Passing Beyond the Border (translated by Maureen Robertson)
98 CAI DAOXIAN: A Vindication of Wang Qiang and Mao the Painter (translated by Haun Saussy)
100 WEI CHENG: Wang Zhaojun (translated by John Dent-Young)
102 XIA WANCHUN: The Bright Consort (translated by David E. Pollard)
104 QI JIGUANG: Song of the Bright Consrt (translated by David E. Pollard )
106 HU XIAKE: Wang Zhaojun Series (No. 3) (translated by Eva Hung)
108 LIU XIANTING: Wang Zhaojun (No. 2) (translated by David Bryant)
110 GE YI: Zhaojun (translated by Maureen Robertson)
112 YAN GUANGMIN: Song of Zhaojun (translated by Eva Hung)
114 HUANG ZHIJUN: A Eulogy (translated by Eva Hung)
116 YUAN MEI: Song of the Fair Consort (translated by David E. Pollard)
118 LI HANZHANG: On a Painting of the Bright Consort Passing Beyond the Border (translated by Maureen Robertson)
122 GUO SHUYU: Bright Consort (translated by Maureen Robertson)
123 WANG LINGWEN: Zhaojun's Complaint (translated by Maureen Robertson)
124 XU DEYIN: Passing Beyond the Border (translated by Maureen Robertson)
126 BAO GUIXING: The Luminous Lady (translated by Eva Hung)
128 SHENG YIN: Ballad of Greengrave (translated by Daniel Bryant)
132 ZHOU XIUMEI: Zhaojun (translated by Carolyn Ford)
TALE AND BIOGRAPHY
136 ANONYMOUS: Wang Zhaojun bianwen: excerpts (translated by Eugene Eoyang)
145 HU SHI: Wang Zhaojun: Patriotic Heroine of China (translated by Janice Wickeri)
DRAMA
154 XUE DAN: Zhaojun's Dream (translated by Mark Stevenson and Wu Cuncun)
181 CHEN YUJIAO: Lady Zhaojun Crosses the Frontier (translated by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and Fan Xing)
195 GUO MORUO: Wang Zhaojun: Act II (translated by T.M. McClellan)
211 GU QINGHAI: Zhaojun: Act III (translated by David E. Pollard)
221 CAO YU: The Consort of Peace: Act V(translated by Monica Lai)
255 MA SHIZHENG: Theme Song from Zhaojun Crossing the Frontiers (translated by Rupert Chan)
261 Notes on Contributors
268 Book Notices
   
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