Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-p'in Anthology

Vignettes from the Late Ming AcknowledgmentsHsiao-p'in of the late Ming: An IntroductionEditorial NotesMapKuei Yu-kuang1) Foreword on "Reflections on The Book of Documents"2) A Parable of Urns3) Inscription on the Wall of the Wild Crane Belvedere4) The Craggy Gazebo5) The Hsiang-chi Belvedere6) An Epitaph for ChillyposyLu Shu-sheng1) Inkslab Den2) Bitter Bamboo3) A Trip to Wei Village4) A Short Note about My Six Attendants in Retirement5) Inscription on Two Paintings in My Collection6) Inscription on a Portrait of Tung-p'o Wearing Bamboo Hat and ClogsHsu Wei3) To Ma Ts'e-chih4) Foreword to Yeh Tzu-shu's Poetry5) Another Colophon (On the Model Script "The Seventeenth" in the Collection of Minister Chu of the Court of the Imperial Stud)6) A DreamLi Chih1) Three Fools2) In Praise of Liu Hsieh3) A Lament for the Passing4) Inscription on a Portrait of Confucius at the Iris Buddhist Shrine5) Essay: On the Mind of a ChildT'u Lung1) A Letter in Reply to Li Wei-yin2) To a Friend, while Staying in the Capital3) To a Friend, after Coming Home in RetirementCh'en Chi-ju2) Trips to See Peach in Bloom3) Inscription on Wang Chung-tsun's A History of Flowers4) A Colophon to A History of Flowers5) A Colophon to A Profile of Yao P'ing-chung6) Selections from Privacies in the MountainsYuan Tsung-tao1) Little Western Paradise2) A Trip to Sukhavati Temple3) A Trip to Yueh-yang4) Selections from MiscellaneaYuan Hung-tao2) First Trip to West Lake3) Waiting for the Moon: An Evening Trip to the Six Bridges4) A Trip to the Six Bridges after a Rain5) Mirror Lake6) A Trip to Brimming Well7) A Trip to High Beam Bridge8) A Biography of the Stupid but Efficient Ones9) Essay: A Biography of Hsu Wen-ch'angYuan Chung-tao1) Foreword to The Sea of Misery2) Shady Terrace3) Selections from Wood Shavings of Daily LifeChung Hsing1) Flower-Washing Brook2) To Ch'en Chi-ju3) A Colophon to My Poetry Collection4) Colophon to A Drinker's Manual (Four Passages)5) Inscription after Yuan Hung-tao's Calligraphy6) Inscription on My PortraitLi Liu-fang1) A Short Note about My Trips to Tiger Hill2) A Short Note about My Trips to Boulder Lake3) Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travels in Chiang-nan (Four Passages)4) Horizontal Pond5) Boulder Lake6) Tiger Hill7) Divinity Cliff1) Inscription on A Picture of Solitary Hill on a Moonlit NightWang Ssu-jen1) A Trip to Brimming Well2) A Trip to Wisdom Hill and Tin Hill3) Passing by the Small Ocean4) Shan-hsi BrookT'an Yuan-ch'un1) First Trip to Black Dragon Pond2) Second Trip to Black Dragon Pond3) Third Trip to Black Dragon PondChang Tai1) Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut2) A Night Performance at Golden Hill3) Plum Blossoms Bookroom4) Drinking Tea at Pop Min's5) Viewing the Snow from the Mid-Lake Gazebo6) Yao Chien-shu's Paintings7) Moon at Censer Peak8) Liu Ching-t'ing the Storyteller9) West Lake on the Fifteenth Night of the Seventh Month10) Wang Yueh-sheng11) Crab Parties12) Lang-hsuan, Land of Enchantment1) An Epitaph for Myself2) Preface to Searching for West Lake in DreamsAppendix A: Table of Chinese Historical DynastiesAppendix B: Late Ming through Early Ch'ing Reign PeriodsNotesBibliographyIndex