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Choice Morsels from Li Yu

Selected and translated by T.C. Lai 賴恬昌 No account of Nanking would be complete without reference to Li Yu 李漁 (李笠翁, 1610-1680) who published The Arts of Living 閒情偶寄 in 1671, when he was sixty.. … Read

Tung Chuin on The Garden of Accommodation

Translated and Introduced by Duncan M. Campbell 《隨園考》童寯 著 The architectural engineer Tung Chuin (童寯, 1890-1983) was a long-time resident of Nanking. During his years living in the city he taught at various universities and became known also as one of the foremost garden historians of the twentieth century.… Read

Sui 隋

In the year 549 CE, the general Hou Jing (侯景, d.552) leads a rebellion and lays siege to Jiankang 建康, that is Jianye/ Jinling/ Nanking. The emperor Wu of Liang starves to death in the Terrace Citadel 臺城.… Read

The Dream in Nanking

Duncan Campbell translates a passage from the garden historian Tung Chuin 童寯 on speculation regarding the inspiration for Prospect Garden 大觀園, the site of so much of the action in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber.… Read

1966-1976: The Cultural Revolution in Nanking

南京文化大革命大事记（1966），南京文化大革命大事记(初稿)，南京市档案馆
325-1 南京文化大革命大事记（1966）
325-2 南京文化大革命大事记（1967上），https://nsfz2.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/325-2-南京文化大革命大事记（1967上）/ etc, etc….… Read