Chinese Autobiographical Writing : : An Anthology of Personal Accounts

• TeilnehmendeR: Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-; Zhang, Cong, 1967-; Yao, Ping (Professor of history),
• Place / Publishing House: [S.l.] : : UNIV OF WASHINGTON PRESS,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Chinese
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages).

"Chinese Autobiographical Writing contains full translations of autobiographical narratives, personal accounts, poems, and letters by fifty authors that reveal personal experiences as well as self-reflection by individuals from all walks of life over the course of Chinese history"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

A Son's Tribute to His Mother: An inscription on a bronze vessel (10th c. BCE) -- Crime and Punishment: Personal testimony given in four legal cases (3rd-2nd c. BCE) -- A Han Emperor Accepting the Blame: Edict / by Emperor Wu 武帝 (r. 141-87 BCE) -- Letters Home: Three letters sent by ordinary men and women (3rd c. BCE and 9th-10th c. CE) -- A Natural Philosopher's Account of His Life: Last chapter of his collected essays / by Wang Chong 王充 (27-ca. 97 CE) -- A Father Writing to His Son: A letter / by Zheng Xuan 鄭玄 (127-200) -- An Abducted Woman on Returning Home: Poems / by Cai Yan 蔡琰 (ca. 177-ca. 249) -- Military Men Touting Their Merits: Cao Cao 曹操 (155-220) and his son Cao Pi 曹丕 (187-226) -- The Pain of Separation: Poetic writings / by Imperial Consort Zuo Fen 左芬 (ca. 253-300) -- An Emperor's Discourse on Karma and Vegetarianism: Preface / by Emperor Wu 梁武帝 (r. 502-549) of the Liang -- Late Tang Writers on Life beyond Office-Holding: Accounts / by Bai Juyi 白居易 (772-846) and Lu Guimeng 陸龜蒙 (ca. 836-881) -- Mourning Friends and Relations: Elegies / by Han Yu 韓愈 (768-824) and Han Qi 韓琦 (1008-1075) -- An Advocate of the Simple Life: Autobiography / by Liu Kai 柳開 (948-1001) -- Records of Things Seen and Heard: Prefaces to five Song miscellanies (11th-13th c.) -- Chanting about Oneself: Poems by four Song scholars (11th-13th c.) -- An Envoy's Trip to the Jin Court : Travel diary / by Lou Yue 樓鑰 (1137-1213) -- Women and Suicide: Writing on an inn wall by Qiongnu 瓊奴 (11th c.) and a poem by Han Ximeng 韓希孟 (mid-13th c.) -- Witnessing Dynastic Collapse: Writings by Yuan Haowen 元好問 (1190-1257) and Wen Tianxiang 文天祥 (1236-1283) -- Peaceful Abodes: Accounts of their homes by Yelü Chucai 耶律楚材 (1190-1244) and Xie Yingfang 謝應芳(1296-1392) -- A Female Doctor's Life and Work: Preface and postfaces to a book by / Tan Yunxian 談允賢 (1461-1556) -- An Eccentric Considers Suicide: Self-authored funerary biography / by Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593) -- Life in the Examination Hell: Preface to a set of examination essays / by Ai Nanying 艾南英 (1583-1646) -- A Royal Consort's Song: Music for the zither / by Madame Zhong 鐘氏 (fl. 1570-1620) -- Environmental Catastrophes: Harrowing reports / by Chen Qide 陳其德 (fl. 1640s) and Pu Songling 蒲松齡 (1640-1715) -- A Con Man Posing as an Official: Legal Confession of Luo Fenpeng 羅奮鵬 (b. 1726) -- A Private Secretary's Itinerant Life: Year-by-year autobiography / by Wang Huizu 汪輝祖 (1730-1807) -- Tributes to Close Relatives:Appreci ations written by a woman for her husband and a man for his elder sister (18th and 19th c.) -- A Teenager Captured by the Nian Rebels: Record of a fifteen-week ordeal / by Liu Tang 柳堂 (1844-1929) -- Keeping Family Members Informed: Letters to his eldest son / by Zeng Guofan 曾國藩 (1811-1872).