Through a forest of chancellors
Subtitle: fugitive histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an illustrated book from seventeenth-century Suzhou
By: Anne Burkus-Chasson.
Contributors: Liu, Yuan, fl. 1668.
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monographs -- 66
Publisher: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674032804
Subjects: Liu, Yuan, -- fl. 1668 -- Criticism and interpretation; Liu, Yuan, -- fl. 1668; Art and literature -- China -- History -- 17th century; Illustrated books -- China -- History -- 17th century; Block books, Chinese
Other titles: Fugitive histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an illustrated book from seventeenth-century Suzhou
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Figures; title: Introduction; title: Pt. 1. The composition of the book. 1. The gallery of portraits re-created; title: Liu Yuan's cover leaf; title: Prefatory autographs; title: The preface writers license the pictorial book; title: The list of contents; title: Lingyan Ge, the historical site; title: 2. Composing the vassal's figure; title: Unordinary images; title: Physiognomic fantasies; title: Costumes in disarray; title: Under the guise of bandits; title: 3. The act of turning the leaf; title: Structures of the book; title: Re-reading Du Fu; title: The damask at leaf's edge; title: Pt. II. The publication of the book. 4. Painter, publisher, reader-viewer : whose gallery?; title: The "social drama" of the Ming-Qing transition / Liu Yuan and Tong Pengnian; title: A model for community : echoing voices among the preface writers; title: Climbing Yingzhou : Wu Weiye's response; title: 5. Vexations of passage; title: Variant endings; title: Maxims, furtively impressed; title: In the hands of all the masters; title: From manuscript to printed book; title: - Appendix. Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge with annotated translations; title: Reference matter; title: Notes; title: Works cited; title: Character list; title: Index.