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Contributors | |
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Editorial Conventions | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Maps | |
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Introduction: Genealogy and Titles of the Female Poet | |
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Poetry | |
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From Ancient Times to the Six Dynasties (222-589) | |
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Ban jieyu | |
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Cai Yan | |
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Zuo Fen | |
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Bao Linghui | |
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Found Voices in Yuefu Poetry | |
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Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-60) | |
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Wu Zetian | |
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Shangguan Wan'er | |
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Other Court Women of the Tang: Xu Hui and Bao Junhui | |
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Li Ye | |
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Xue Tao | |
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Yu Xuanji | |
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Other Courtesan-Poets of the Tang: Sheng Xiaocong, Zhao Luanluan, and Xu Yueying | |
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Zhang Yaotiao | |
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Cheng Changwen | |
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Huarui furen | |
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Song Dynasty (960-1279) | |
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Lady Wei | |
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Li Qingzhao | |
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Zhu Shuzhen | |
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Yan Rui | |
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Empress Yang | |
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Wang Qinghui | |
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Yuan Dynasty (1264-1368) | |
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Yuan Entertainers: Pearl Screen Beauty, Little Bit, Swallow Song Liu, Zhenzhen, Mother's Compassion Liu | |
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Guan Daosheng | |
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Zheng Yunduan | |
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Wu shi nu | |
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Zhang Yuniang | |
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) | |
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The Fifteenth Century | |
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Zhang Hongqiao | |
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Zhu Jing'an | |
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Chen Deyi | |
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Meng Shuqing | |
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Shen Qionglian | |
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Xia Yunying | |
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Zou Saizhen | |
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The Sixteenth Century | |
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Wang Su'e | |
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Huang E | |
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Li Yuying | |
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Wen shi | |
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Wang Jiaoluan | |
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Yang Wenli | |
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Kuaiji nuzi | |
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Duan Shuqing | |
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Dong Shaoyu | |
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Ho Kyongbon (Xu Jingfan) | |
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Yi Sugwon (Li Shuyuan) | |
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Bo Shaojun | |
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Xie Wuniang | |
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Jing Pianpian | |
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Xue Susu | |
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Yang Yuxiang | |
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The "Four Talented Courtesans of Qinhui": Ma Shouzhen, Zhao Caiji, Zhu Wuxia, and Zheng Ruying | |
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Hu Wenru | |
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Lu Qingzi | |
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Xu Yuan | |
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The Seventeenth Century | |
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Shen Yixiu and Her Daughters, Ye Wanwan, Ye Xiaowan, and Ye Xiaoluan | |
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Fang Weiyi | |
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Yin Renrong | |
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Xiang Lanzhen | |
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Wang Fengxian and Her Daughter Zhang Yinyuan | |
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Cao Jingzhao | |
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Gu Ruopu | |
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Shang Jinglan | |
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Wang Wei | |
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Ma Ruyu | |
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Bian Sai | |
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Yang Wan | |
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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) | |
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The Seventeenth Century | |
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Xu Can | |
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Liu Shi | |
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Huang Yuanjie | |
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Wang Duanshu | |
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Ji Yinghuai | |
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Li Yin | |
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Wu Qi | |
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Wu Xiao | |
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Wu Shan | |
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Chai Jingyi and Her Daughter-in-Law Zhu Rouze | |
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Wang Hui | |
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Lin Yining | |
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Qian Fenglun | |
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Chen Susu | |
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Gu Zhenli | |
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The Eighteenth Century | |
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Wu Xun | |
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Hou Cheng'en | |
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The Sisters Zhang Xueya and Zhang Xuedian | |
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Xu Yingyu | |
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Cai Wan | |
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Ye Hongxiang | |
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He Shuangqing | |
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Xu Yuanduan | |
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Mao Xiuhui | |
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Xu Feiyun | |
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Xu Quan | |
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Chen Duansheng | |
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Xi Peilan | |
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Jin Yi | |
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Dai Lanying | |
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Qu Bingyun | |
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Gui Maoyi | |
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Zhang Yuzhen | |
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Shen Ke | |
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Wang Yuzhen | |
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Pu Mengzhu | |
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Ni Ruixuan | |
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Tan Yinmei | |
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Xiong Lian | |
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The Sisters Bao Zhilan, Bao Zhihui, and Bao Zhifen | |
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Wu Guichen | |
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Jian Renlan | |
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Shen Xiangyun | |
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Wang Yun | |
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Shen Xiang | |
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Jiang Zhu | |
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Yang Jiduan | |
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The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | |
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Shen Shanbao | |
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Sun Yunfeng | |
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Sun Yunhe | |
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Li Peijin | |
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Zhao Wopei | |
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Liang Desheng | |
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Wang Duan | |
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Zhuang Panzhu | |
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Gu Taiqing | |
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Wu Zao | |
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Zuo Xixuan | |
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Zong Wan | |
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Qu Huixiang | |
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Qiu Jin | |
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Xu Zihua | |
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Criticism | |
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Female Critics and Poets | |
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Wu Zetian, "On Su Hui's 'Silk-Woven Palindromic Verse'" | |
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Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao, preface to Nu lunyu | |
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Li Qingzhao, "On the Song-Lyric" (Lun ci) | |
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Zhu Shuzhen, "Record on Su Hui's Xuanji Diagram" | |
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Zheng Yunduan, preface to Suyong ji | |
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Empress Xu, preface to Nei xun | |
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Meng Shuqing, comments on Zhu Shuzhen and Li Qingzhao | |
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Shen Yixiu and Her Husband, Ye Shaoyuan, prefaces to Shen's anthology Yiren si | |
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Lu Qingzi, preface to Xiang Lanzhen, Yongxue zhai yigao | |
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Fang Weiyi, preface to Fang Mengshi, Renlan'ge shiji | |
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Wang Wei, prefaces to Wanzai pian and Yueguan shi | |
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Wu Xiao, preface to Xiaoxue an gao | |
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Wang Duanshu, preface to Mingyuan shiwei | |
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Liu Shi, biographical-critical prefaces from Liechao shiji: Runji | |
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Sun Huiyuan, preface to Gujin mingyuan baihua shiyu | |
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Luo Qilan, preface to Tingqiuguan guizhong tongren ji | |
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Su Wanlan, preface to Guiyin jixiu | |
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Guo Shuyu, Lunshi bashou | |
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Wanyan Yun Zhu, preface to Guochao guixiu zhengshi ji | |
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Li Shuyi, preface to Shuying lou mingshu baiyong | |
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Mao Guoji, preface to Hunan nushi shichao suojian chuji | |
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Qiu Chan, preface to Banyue lou shichao | |
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Male Critics and Poets | |
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Zhong Rong, women poets in the Shi pin | |
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Fang Xuanling, on Xie Daoyun, from Jin shu | |
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Zhang Yue, preface to Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Zhaorong wenji | |
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Ouyang Xiu, preface to Xie Ximeng, Cai pin shi | |
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Wang Zhuo, Comments on the Poet Li Qingzhao, from Biji manzhi | |
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Wei Duanli, preface to Zhu Shuzhen, Duanchang shi ji | |
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Yang Weizhen, preface to Cao Miaoqing, Xian ge ji | |
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Tian Yiheng, preface to Shi nushi | |
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Wang Baigu, preface to Ma Shouzhen, Xianglan zi ji | |
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Zhong Xing, preface to Mingyuan shigui | |
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Zhao Huanguang, preface to Lu Qingzi, Kaopan ji | |
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Huayin shangren, preface to Zhang Mengzhen, Qinglou yunyu | |
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Zhao Shiyong, preface to Qu Juesheng, Nu sao | |
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Zhao Shijie, preface to Gu jin nu shi | |
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Ge Zhengqi, preface to Jiang Yuanzuo, Xu yutai wenyuan | |
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Ye Shaoyuan, preface to Wumengtang ji | |
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Chen Zilong, preface to Liu Shi, Wuyin cao | |
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Ding Shengzhao, preface to Wang Duanshu, Yinhong ji | |
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Zhi Ruzeng, preface to Zhou Zhibiao, Nuzhong qi caizi lanke er ji | |
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You Tong, preface to Zhou Ming, Linxia cixuan | |
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Wu Qi, preface to Xu Shumin, Zhongxiang ci | |
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Lu Chang, preface to Lichao mingyuan shici | |
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Yuan Mei, "Jin Xianxian nushi mu zhiming" | |
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Wang Gu, preface to Yuan Mei, Suiyuan nu dizi shixuan | |
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Zhang Xuecheng, "Fu xue" | |
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Qian Sanxi, preface to Zhuang lou zhaiyan | |
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Huang Chuanji, foreword to Huang Zhimo, Guochao guixiu shi liuxu ji | |
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Wang Pengyun, preface to Xu Naichang, Xiao tan luan shi huike baijia guixiu ci | |
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Appendixes | |
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A Note on Song-Lyrics with a Glossary of Tune-Titles | |
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A Chronological Chart of Chinese History | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index of Names | |