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EDITOR'S PREFACE |
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The Lives of Palace Women in Tang Quatrains (translated by Geoffrey R. Waters) |
| 38 |
OLIVIA CHING MAN SHUM: Domestic Education of Women in the Tang Dynasty (translated by Chi-yin Ip with Janice Wickeri) |
| 58 |
| The Life of Yuan Suwen, as told by Yuan Mei and Yuan Shu (translated by David E. Pollard) |
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YUAN MEI: The Life of My Sister Suwen
YUAN MEI: Requiem for My Younger Sister
YUAN SHU: A Lament for My Sister (four poems) |
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| YUAN SUWEN: Eight Poems (translated by Maureen Robertson) |
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Mirror
Autumn Night
Vignette of a Quiet Life
In Memoriam: For My Deceased Husband (three poems)
Miscellaneous Poems from Sui Garden, No. 4
To My Mother-in-Law |
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| 78 |
LIN SHU: My Concubine Madam Yang (translated by Chu Chiyu) |
| 83 |
QINGYUN WU: Daring to Dream: Wang Yun and Her Play A Dream of Glory |
| 96 |
WANG YUN: A Dream of Glory: excerpts (translated by Qingyun Wu) |
| 107 |
| QIU JIN: Two Poems (translated by Audrey Heijns and David Lunde) |
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Aspirations
In Reply to Mr Ishii |
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| 111 |
| Three Poems on the Burial of Qiu Jin (translated by Eva Hung) |
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WU ZHIYING: A Lament for Shanyin
XU ZIHUA: Written during the Yangtze Crossing on the 27th of the 11th Month to Attend to
the Burial of My Friend Qiu Jin (two poems) |
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| 115 |
| Book Reviews |
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DAVID E. POLLARD: Written on Water by Eileen Chang
JIANQING ZHENG: A Lover's Soliloquy by Eddie Tay |
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Notes on Authors |
| 126 |
Notes on Contributors |
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