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173 Notes Introduction 1. Xu Changling, Zetian Huanghou Ruyijun zhuan, in Siwuxie huibao, 24.15–75. Althougha good introductiontothe various editionsofthisworkand the state ofcurrent scholarship is found on pp. 15–20, this book will demonstrate that some of its conclusions are in error. A facsimile of the 1763 edition is found in Ôta and Iida, Chûgoku hiseki sôkan; vol. 3 contains an analysis of the Ruyijun zhuan and a table of suggested textual emendations; see pp. 11–41; a table of editions is found on pp. 193–195. An abridged version of the Ruyijun zhuan titled Wu Zhao zhuan may be found in Ye Rubi, Zazuan xingshui bian. The preface is dated 1587; a copy exists in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan; for a modern reprint see Wu Zhao zhuan, in Siwuxie huibao waibian, 1.85–89. The 1763 and late-nineteenth-century editions of the Ruyijun zhuan are reprinted in Xu Changling, Ruyijun zhuan. For further information about the Ruyijun zhuanseeSunKaidi, Zhongguotongsuxiaoshuoshumu,pp. 153–154; Hanan, “The Erotic Novel”; and Hanan, “Sources of the Chin P’ing Mei.” Summaries of the plot and preliminary analyses of the Ruyijun zhuan are found in the following sources: Li Shiren, “Ruyijun zhuan,” p. 48; Liu Hui, “Ruyijun zhuan,” pp. 422–423; Zhang Peiheng, “Ruyijun zhuan,” pp. 312–314; Zhong Wen, Sida jinshu yu xingwenhua, pp. 142–223; and Kang Zhengguo, Chongshen fengyuejian, pp. 55–61. A detailed analysis is found in Liu Hui, “Ruyijun zhuan de kanke niandai ji qi yu Jin Ping Mei zhi guanxi,” pp. 47–59. To my knowledge, no other scholar has speculated in print as to the identity of the author of this work. 2. For the biography of Wu Zetian (624–705) see Liu Xu, Jiu Tang shu, 1.6.115– 134; Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi, Xin Tang shu, 1.4.81–114 and 11.76.3474–3485; see also Fitzgerald, The Empress Wu; Twitchett, Sui and T’ang China; and Wang Diwu, Wu 174 Zetian shidai. For a discussion of the con¶icting and incomplete accounts of her early career in standard historical sources see Guisso, Wu Tse-t’ien, pp. 11–25. 3. For the biography of Tang Taizong, Li Shimin (597–649), see Jiu Tang shu, 1.2.21–38, and Xin Tang shu, 1.2.23–49. 4. For a description of this title see Hucker, Dictionary of Of¤cial Titles, 515.6830. 5. For the biography of Tang Gaozong, Li Zhi (628–683), see Jiu Tang shu, 1.4.65–113, and Xin Tang shu, 1.3.51–79. 6. When Gaozong died in 683, Crown Prince Li Zhe ascended the throne; within a year he was demoted and another of Wu Zetian’s sons, Li Dan, was made emperor. Li Dan was a puppet for seven years until Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor in 690. For the biography of Tang Zhongzong, Li Xian (name later changed to Li Zhe) (656–710), see Jiu Tang shu, 1.7.135–151, and Xin Tang shu, 1.4.106–114; for the biography of Tang Ruizong, Li Dan, see Jiu Tang shu, 1.7.151–163, and Xin Tang shu, 1.5.115–120. 7. For a discussion of the promulgation of the Dayun jing (Classic of the great cloud) see note 98 in Chapter 4. 8. See Sima Guang, Zizhi tongjian, 6482.6. 9. Ibid., 6553.12. 10. Xiaoxiao Sheng, Jin Ping Mei cihua. For a brief discussion of the textual relations between the Jin Ping Mei and the Ruyijun zhuan see Liu Hui, Jin Ping Mei lunwen ji, pp. 57–59; see also Hanan, “Sources of the Chin P’ing Mei,” pp. 43–47. The intertextual relations between the Ruyijun zhuan, its historical sources, and many later novels are examined in the notes to my critical edition of the Ruyijun zhuan in Part Two. 11. Sengni niehai, 24.153–339; Lü Tiancheng (1580–1618), Xiuta yeshi; Nongqing kuaishi. 12. Kang Zhengguo, Chongshen fengyuejian, p. 55. 13. Huang Xun, “Du Ruyijun zhuan,” in Dushu yide, 2.27a–28a. Huang Xun obtained the degree of jinshi, or metropolitan graduate, in 1529. This degree is conferred upon successful candidates in the highest level of the civil service examinations and quali¤es them for appointment to government of¤ce; see Hucker, Dictionary of Of¤cial Titles, 167.1148. 14. Zhu Xi, “Zhaiju ganxing ershi shou,” 66.18a. 15. Huayang Sanren wrote the preface found in the 1763 edition of the Ruyijun...

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