No. 70 (Autumn 2008)

Contents

C. D. Alison Bailey Writing (and Reading) Violence 5
Beijing Sojourner A True Record of Mutual Correspondences between
Heaven and the Human World
Translated by H. Laura Wu
13
An Zhiyuan The Spring of '43: A Record
Translated by Allan H. Barr
29
Qu You The Regulator of the Ultimate Void
Translated by Judith T. Zeitlin
35
Pu Songling Gongsun Jiuniang from Liaozhai zhiyi
Translated by Judith T. Zeitlin
41
Zuo Xijia A Widow's Journey during the Taiping Rebellion:
Zuo Xijia's Poetic Record
Translated by Grace S. Fong
49
Pu Songling Shang Sanguan
Translated by Catherine Swatek
59
Pu Songling The Cold and the Dark: extracts
Translated by C. D. Alison Bailey and Bonnie S. McDougall
65
Free-Spirited Immortal The Filial Woman Slaughtered in Jiangdu: excerpts
Translated by Wai-yee Li
89
Li Yu Beating the Officers
Translated by Catherine Swatek
101
Anonymous Slaying the Tiger General from Prophetic Paintings
Translated by Josh Stenberg
114
Chu Renhuo Romance of the Sui and Tang: an excerpt from Chapter
Eighteen
Translated by Robert E. Hegel
122
Founder of the
Female-taming Sect
The Gourd of Vinegar: excerpts
Translated by Courtney Loo
131
Book Reviews   138
Notes on Authors   142
Notes on Contributors   144
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