Rediscovering Wen Tingyun: A Historical Key to a Poetic Labyrinth

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Academician Yuan, 26, 71 Academy of Cassia Fragrance, 101 administer state’s affairs from behind curtains, 94, 95 Aide to the Man-Barbarian Headquarters, 106, 256 n32 Airs and Elegantiae, 139. See also Maoshi Altair and the Plough, 169 Amnesty, 2, 239 n3 Ancient Prose Movement, 3 An-Shi Rebellion, 1, 12, 79 Anshi’s Isle, 70, 251 n4 Appointed Scholar Zheng, 64 Apricot Garden, 190, 212, 265 n26 archery, 158, 262 n26 Army Commander, 65, 67, 251 n48 ascending (your) hall, 100, 101, 256 n22 Assistant Du, 56, 57 Attached Word, 139, 263 n37 Attending Censor, 113; and Rectifier, 102, 103, 114, 118 attracted birds, 124, 135, 136, 259 n22 autumn-Tu, 72 Ba, River, 59 Bai Juyi, 30, 82, 105, 194; as Attending Censor, 102; in Music Bureau Movement, 3; philosophy, 30; simplicity and vividness, 53; with Pei Du and Liu Yuxi, 42 Ban Gu, 169; Rhapsody on Communion with the Mystical, 34 Bao Shuya, 34 Bao Zhao, 242 n48, 258 n59 Beauty Xu, 126 being recorded and registered, 100, 101, 256 n22 bell dance, 145, 260 n35 Besieged City, 222 Bian He, 36, 190, 244 n15 Bianque, 36, 244 n15 Bianzhang, 61 Bing Ji, 247 n41 Bing (Prefecture), 11 bird nesting on southern branch, 169, 263 n41 Black Dragon Pool, 143 blue-beetle, 170 Bo, Mount, 116 Bodidharma, 251 n49 Book of Change, 139, 165, 214 Book of Songs, 172, 261 nn10, 11. See also Maoshi Boshan Censer, 114, 115, 116, 117 Bowang Park (Wangyuan), 97, 255 n12 broad willow, 154, 261 n16 Brocade City, 58; River, 57 Buddhism, 3, 67 butting against evil, 113, 114 bundle of fresh fodder, 153, 261 n10 burn tallies, 157, 262 n23 Cai Wenji, 146 Cai Yong, 146, 259 n15; zither with burned end, 245 n24; Epitaph for Having the Way Guo, 245 n16 Index 279 280 Rediscovering Wen Tingyun Cao Pi, 97, 147, 255 n11 Cao Xueqin, A Dream of the Red Chamber, 86 Cao Zhi, 97, 147; Hymn for the Yinan Flower, 204; Poems on Public Feast, 255 n11 carry the writing-brush, 100, 101 Cassia, Area, 101, 189; Garden, 100, 101, 102; Palace, 102 Chancellor Li, 20, 35, 44, 46. See also Li Shen Chang’an, 11, 29, 50, 55, 250, 252 n11; Wen came to, 56, 79, 89, 90, 103, 190; Wen left, 171, 173 changing the music scale, 153, 261 n12 Changsha, 185, 186, 187, 190 Changzhou School, 196, 202 chants and songs, 139. See also Songs of the South Chanyu, 54, 249 n13 Chen Gu, 5, 239 n9 Chen Zhong, 169, 263 n42 Cheng Gong, 50, 248 n1 Cheng Xiao, 78, 80, 253 n28 Chengdu, 57, 70, 251 n3 Chu, 106, 107, 108, 176 Chu River, 85 Chumo, 37. See Wu Yinzhi ci, 1, 4, 7, 140, 202 clerk of Jingzhou Prefecture, 106, 256 n32 clerk of Lujiang, 85 cloth-robe commoner from Danyang, 246 n38 comprehensive mastery, 19 Confucianism, 3, 38, 223, 257 n34, 250 n28 Confucius, 250 n28, 257 n34 congongrass and reeds, 176, 264 n3 Consort Pan, 141, 142, 260 n29 Consort Qi, 241 n23 Consort Wang. See Virtuous Consort Wang Consort Yang, see Worthy Consort Yang Cross Pond, 198, 266 n40 cross the River of Lu, 54, 249 n12 Crowned Heir Li (Han), 255 n12 crude jadeite, 120 crying crane, 131 Cui Gong, 75, 152, 154, 157 Cui Gu, 257 n40 Cui Qun, 108 Cui Xian, 240 n12 curved bridge, 133 cut the Gordian knot, 144 Dai Yong, 65, 66, 67, 251 n48 dancing by the rain altar, 158 dapple horse, 113 daylily, 203, 204 Dazhong Ninth Year Incident, 183, 84 dead end, 6, 201, 202 decorated boat, 100, 256 n20 devine-sheep cap, 118 Di Jianmo, 94, 134 Director Xun, 43. See Xun Kai Divine Prefecture, 54, 55, 151, 152, 156, 161 Dongfang Shuo, 257 n25 Dong Fen, Yanlingji, 14 Dongting Lake, 64 Dou Xian, 42, 246 n39 Double Seventh, 124, 130, 132, 258 n17 dragon gate, 45, 175, 247 n50 dragon head, 118, 258 n60 drawing a tiger, 159, 262 n27 Du Kui, 33, 244 n7. See also Du Zhi Du Mi, 28 Du Mu, 82, 83 Du Shenquan, 47, 264 n4 Du Yu (King of Shu), 249 n25 Du Yu, 33, 42, 134, 246 n39, 259 n20 Du Zhao, 125 Du Zhi (Kui), 32, 33, 34, 37, 51, 80 Duan Chengshi, 19, 160, 242 n38; Eight Letters to Wen Feiqing, 160, 241 n38; Teasing Feiqing, 160; On the Occasion that Rouqing Annulled Her . . . , 85 Duan Wenchang, 43...