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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 | |