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Qi Biaojia' s ‘Footnotes to Allegory Mountain’: introduction and translation1
In the late summer of the eighth year of the reign of the Chong Zhen Emperor (1635), Qi Biaojia (figure 1) was granted leave to quit his post with the Censorate and to return to his native place of Shanyin in Zhejiang province, ostensibly to care for his elderly mother. He anived home during the nud-morning of the last day of the sixth month and was to remain in retirement for the next 9 years. Family and friends had gathered to welcome him home, and in his diary for this year, entitled ‘A Joyous Account of My Return South,’ Qi Biaojia records the happiness of the occasion. His diary entlY for the velY next day, however, perhaps affords us a greater insight into his state of mind at the time:
Qi Biaojia' s ‘Footnotes to Allegory Mountain’: introduction and translation1
In the late summer of the eighth year of the reign of the Chong Zhen Emperor (1635), Qi Biaojia (figure 1) was granted leave to quit his post with the Censorate and to return to his native place of Shanyin in Zhejiang province, ostensibly to care for his elderly mother. He anived home during the nud-morning of the last day of the sixth month and was to remain in retirement for the next 9 years. Family and friends had gathered to welcome him home, and in his diary for this year, entitled ‘A Joyous Account of My Return South,’ Qi Biaojia records the happiness of the occasion. His diary entlY for the velY next day, however, perhaps affords us a greater insight into his state of mind at the time:
Qi Biaojia' s ‘Footnotes to Allegory Mountain’: introduction and translation1
Campbell, Duncan (author)
Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes ; 19 ; 243-271
1999-09-01
29 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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Qi Biaojia's `Footnotes to Allegory Mountain': introduction and translation
| British Library Online Contents | 1999
QI BIAOJIA'S 'FOOTNOTES To ALLEGORY MOUNTAIN': INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION
| Online Contents | 1999
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1944
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1944