Lu Qian Notes Miscellaneous

Author: Lu Qian
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book includes "Small Pieces from the Chai Room," "Four Records of Ding Yi," "Old Tales of Ye Cheng," and "Random Notes on Dongshan." Among them, "Small Pieces from the Chai Room" consists of three parts. Volumes I to III are selected from Lu Qian's column "Small Pieces from the Chai Room" in Shanghai's "Da Bao" newspaper from November 1949 to April 1951, before his death; Volume IV is selected from articles he published in "Da Bao" under the pseudonym Yin Hong during the same period; Volumes V and VI are selected from articles he published in "Yi Bao" from September 1950 to March 1951. "Four Records of Ding Yi" is based on the first edition published by Nanjing Reader's Friend Society in August 1946. "Old Tales of Ye Cheng" is based on the edition published by Shanghai Bookstore in 1991, which reproduces "Nanjing Literature" (based on Issue No. 4 of "Nanjing Literature" in 1947), while also referencing the 1944 June edition of "Myriad Phenomena Series" published by Chongqing Myriad Phenomena Weekly, including Zhang Henshu's preface and Lu Qian's self-introduction recorded in the series. "Random Notes on Dongshan" is based on the edition compiled and printed by Jiangning Literature Committee in October 1948. At the end of the book are two appendices: one is a collection of eulogies by his literary friends published in "Da Bao" after his death; the other is notes and writings by contemporaries about Lu Qian. In the early 20th-century study of Chinese theater, Lu Qian was a prominent figure. He was a disciple of the renowned qu scholar Wu Mei and held multiple identities as a poet, literary and theatrical historian, sanqu writer, and playwright. During his lifetime, he tirelessly wrote academic works, essays, poetry, and qu. "Collected Works of Jiye" is divided into four sections: "Four Qu Studies of Lu Qian," "Drafts of Historical and Literary Essays by Lu Qian," "Miscellaneous Notes and Drafts by Lu Qian," and "Selected Qu Poetry and Prose of Lu Qian." It compiles Lu Qian's major academic works, essays, and qu creations, serving as important materials for studying Lu Qian and Chinese theater. This book is one of those sections.