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Index
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“Ai shiming.” See “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny”
“Ai Ying.” See “Mourning Ying”
Allan, Sarah, 80n15
allegory, xxii; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” xxiv–xxv, 25, 27–34; political, xxvii, 214, 215; and “Wandering Far Away,” 143
Analects (Lunyu), 60n92, 136nn21–22, 167n5
Ao (Jiao), 40, 52n31, 56n65, 69, 89n38, 90nn39–40
“Appendix to the Chuci” (“Chuci houyu”; Zhu Xi), xxix
Archer Yi (Hou Yi), 15; in “Ask the Sky,” 67, 68, 84n27, 87n32, 88n33; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 40, 52n29, 56n59
Art of Warfare (Sunzi), 19
“Ask the Sky” (“Tian wen”), xvi–xvii, xxvi, xxviii, 1, 61–102; dating of, 218, 219, 220; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 52n29, 56n61, 61, 81n18, 99n75; and Qu Yuan, 62, 102n84
“August of the East, The Great Unity” (“Dong Huang Taiyi”; Nine Songs), 5–6
Bai Qi, 110
Baili (Baili Xi), 125, 139n56
Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian), 52n28, 86n29, 90n39, 91n41, 96n63
Ban Gu, xxiv, xxvi, 138n50. See also Hanshu
Baoshan (Hubei) tombs, xiv, 5, 12, 104
Baosi, Lady, 72, 97n65
“Bei hui feng” (I Grieve When the Whirlwind; Nine Cantos), 124, 129–34, 216, 217
Bi Gan: in “Ask the Sky,” 72, 98n68; in Nine Cantos, 109, 136nn23–24; in “Regretting the Vows,” 192, 193n12
Bian Sui, 196, 200n2, 209n18
biblical exegesis, xxii
Big Dipper, 16, 77n5
Black Warrior (Xuan Wu), 147, 150n29
Bo Chang, 73, 98n72
Bo Feng (Feng Zhu), 88n32
Bo Le, 120, 138n45, 165, 168n17
Bo Qiang (Yu Qiang), 78n10
Bo Yi, 101n82, 196, 201n2, 207, 209n23; in Nine Cantos, 129, 134, 140n67
“Bosom Full of Sand” (“Huai sha”; Nine Cantos), xxi, xxvi, xxviii, 103, 117–21, 215
“Bu ju.” See “Diviner, The”
“Calling the Hermit Back” (“Zhao yinshi”; Huainan Xiaoshan), 210–12; dating of, 218
Cannabis sativa, 23n24, 66, 83n25
Cao Zhi, xxxvi, 55n57
Chen Benli, 59n87
Cheng, King (Chu; Xiong Yun), 102nn86–87
Cheng, King (Zhou), xii, 96n63, 100n77
Cheng zhi (Bringing things
to completion), xvi
Chi Song. See Red Pine
China, People’s Republic of (PRC), xxix–xxx, xil
Chonghua. See Shun
“Chou si” (Expressing My Longing; Nine Cantos), 114–17, 215
Chu, state of: in Chuci, 19, 34, 75, 110, 127–28, 167n9, 180, 187n6; culture of, xii–xiii, 26; deities of, xiii–xiv, xvi, xxviii, 5, 16–17; diary from, xiv; and Han dynasty, xxvii–xxviii, 26; and human sacrifices, 17; legal system of, xiv, 104; poetry of, xxvi–xxvii; and Qin, xii, xix–xx, xxi; shamans in, xiv, 3, 4, 7, 12; and Zhou, xii, 26
Chuci (Songs of Chu): authorship of, xi, xiii–xiv, xxvi–xxxii, xxxvi, xxxix, xl, xliii, 216, 219; commentaries on, xviii, xxii, xxiv, xxvi, xxviii–xxix; dating of, xxviii, 213–20; influence of, xxix–xxx, xxxvii, xxxix, xl; as model, xxxi–xxxii; performances of, xxviii, 4, 218; and recently discovered texts, xiv–xvii, 5, 12, 62, 80n13, 104, 124. See also Qu Yuan
Chuci buzhu (notes to Chuci; Hong Xingzu), xxviii
Chuci zhangju (Wang Yi), xviii
Chui, Craftsman, 119, 138n40
Confucianism, xiv, xxii, xxiii, 62; vs. shamanism, 4, 34
Confucius, xxx, 82n24, 136n21, 152, 155n5, 167n5
Cook, Constance A., xvi
cosmology, xiv, xvi, 5, 30, 76n1, 219; correlative, xxii
“Crossing the Yangtze” (“She jiang”; Nine Cantos), 107–10; dating of, 215, 218
Cui Wenzi, 68, 89n36
“Da Siming” (Great Minister of Life Spans; Nine Songs), 1, 12–13
“Da zhao.” See “Great Summoning”
Dan Zhu, 29, 48n6
Daodejing (Laozi), xiv, xvi, 189, 195
Daoism, xiv, 5; in Chuci, 62, 76n1, 118, 142, 143, 152, 195; and dating, 217; and immortality, 189–90; and Li Bai, xxxvii; and Qu Yuan, xxvi; and youxian poetry, xxxiii, xxxiv–xxxv
“Daren fu.” See “Great Man Rhapsody”
Daye (Hubei) site, 135n5
deities and spirits, xxv, xli; of Chu, xiii–xiv, xvi, xxxviii, 16–17; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 7, 26, 28–29; in Li Bai, xxxviii–xxxix; love songs to, 4; in Nine Songs, 1, 6–7, 12, 22n20; and shamanism, 3, 4; in youxian poetry, xxxiii, xxxiv. See also immortals; particular spirits
Deng Sui, Empress Dowager (Han), xxii–xxv, 4
Destiny of Kings (Wang ming lun; Ban Gu), xxiv
Di Jun, 84n27, 87n32, 88n33
Di Ku (Gao Xin): in “Ask the Sky,” 70, 93n49, 98n70; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 48n10, 49n11, 56n61; in Nine Cantos, 122, 137n36, 138nn47–48
“Diao Qu Yuan.” See “Mourning Qu Yuan”
divination, xiv, 153–54, 155n1, 170; and oracle bones, 93n50, 94n53, 100n78
“Diviner, The” (“Bu ju”), xxvi, 152–54, 155, 218
Djou (Zhou Xin; last Shang king): in “Ask the Sky,” 69, 71–73, 91n43, 95n59, 96n60, 98nn67–68, 99n72, 99n74, 99n76; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 31, 36, 48n9, 50n18, 53n33; in Nine Cantos, 136nn23–24, 141n77; in “Regretting the Vows,” 193nn10–13
Dong Chuping, xxv
Dong Hongli, 77n3
“Dong Huang Taiyi” (August of the East, The Great Unity; Nine Songs), 5–6
Dong Jun (Lord of the East), 15
Dongfang Shuo, xxix, 217
Dou Bobi, 102n86
dreams, xxxvii, xl–xli, xliiin4; in Nine Cantos, 130, 131, 135n4, 140n71; in “Summoning the Soul,” 179n5; in “Wandering Far Away,” 142
Du Ao (Xiong Jian, Zhuang Ao), 75, 102n87
Du Bo, 29, 48n6
Duan Yucai, 56n62
“Earl of the Yellow River” (“He Bo”; Nine Songs), xxii, 4, 16–17
Ehuang, 8, 151n38
Erya, 22n6
“Expressing My Longing” (“Chou si”; Nine Cantos), 114–17, 215
Fan Chengda, 169
Fan wu liu xing (All Things Are Flowing Forms), xvi–xvii, 62–63
Feilian (Wind Earl; Fengbo), 89n37, 98n67, 147, 150n23, 150n25, 166, 168n20
Feng Long (Leishi; Leiigong; Thunder God), 7, 42, 55n56, 121, 138n46, 146, 147, 150n17, 150n32
Fengsu tongyi, 92n44
Fifty-Nine Ancient Airs (Li Bai), xxxv–xxxvii
First Emperor of Qin (Qin shihuangdi), 8, 201n7
“Fisherman, The” (“Yu fu”), xxi, xxvi, 118, 152, 154–55; dating of, 218
flight imagery, xxxii, xxxv–xxxvi; and dating, 214, 217; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 33; in Nine Variations, 166; in “Wandering Far Away,” 142, 143
food, 4, 107, 135n6, 154, 162; in “Great Summoning,” 180, 182–83, 188nn7–9; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 32, 46, 49n14; in “Summoning the Soul,” 175–76
fu (rhapsody), xxvi–xxvii, xxix–xxxii, xxxvi, xl, xlii, 25, 152, 202. See also particular titles
“Fu fu.” See “Owl Rhapsody”
“Fu on the Wind” (“Feng fu”; Song Yu), 156
Fu Xiren, 80n14
Fu Yue, xv, xliiin4, 144, 149n3, 198, 201n9
Fuchai, King (Wu), 136n23, 139n60, 198, 201n6, 209n22
Fufei (spirit of Luo River), xxxvii 42, 55n57, 56n59, 148, 151n35
Fuxi, 55n57, 92n44, 137n36, 151n35, 183, 204, 208n10
Gao Luming, 52n28, 77n3, 140n63
Gao Xin. See Di Ku
Gao Yao, 57n72, 105, 135n3
“Gaotang fu” (Rhapsody on Gaotang; Song Yu), xxxvi, xl, xlii, 156
Gaoyang. See Zhuan Xu
Gonggong (Kang Hui), 65, 77n6, 80n17, 82n23, 208n8
Gongyang commentary, xxiii
Gou Jian (king of Yue), 5, 198, 201n6
Goumang, 147, 150n21
“Great Man Rhapsody” (“Daren fu”; Sima Xiangru), xxx–xxxii, 142, 218
“Great Minister of Life Spans” (“Da Siming”; Nine Songs), 1, 12–13
“Great Summoning” (“Da zhao”), xxvi, 156, 180–88; dating of, 216, 218; food in, 180, 182–83, 188nn7–9
Great Unity Gives Birth to Water (Taiyi sheng shui), xiv, xvi, 5–6, 76n1
Guan Shu (Guan Shuxian), 100n77
Guan Zhong, 97n66, 205, 209n14
Guanzi, 59n91
Gugong Danfu (King Tai), 92n46, 99n73
Gun (Tao Wu; father of Yu), 29; in “Ask the Sky,” 64–65, 68, 79n12, 80nn14–15, 82n22, 88n34; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 48n4, 50n25; in Nine Cantos, 106, 135n7
Guo Pu, xxxiii–xxxiv, xlii, 9; on “Ask the Sky,” 79n12, 81n20, 83n26, 86n30, 92n44, 94n51
Guodian (Hubei) tomb, xiv–xv, xvi, 5, 124
“Guoshang” (Those Who Died for the Kingdom; Nine Songs), 2, 19–20, 214
Guoyu, xliiin4, 28–29, 30, 34, 82n24, 87n31
Han dynasty: and Chu, xxvii–xxviii, 26; Chuci in, xxii–xxiii, 27, 142, 152, 180, 189, 195; and dating, 217–18; deities of, 5, 12; dialects in, 216, 217, 219–20; and human sacrifices, 17; immortality in, 190; legal system of, 104; loyal dissent in, xxiii–xxiv; shamanism in, 3, 15, 34
Han Feizi, 21n7, 91n43
Han Zhong, 144, 149n4
Han Zhuo. See Zhuo
Hanshu (History of the Former Han dynasty; Ban Gu), xxvi, 78n10, 86n30, 138n50
Hawkes, David, xviii, xx, xxii, xxv; on “Ask the Sky,” 61, 76n3, 78n9, 96n63; on dating, 215, 218; on “Leaving My Sorrow,” 49n12, 53n38, 56n61, 57n69; on Nine Cantos, 108, 114, 121, 140n68, 140n71; on Nine Songs, 7; on “Regretting the Vows,” 190; on “Wandering Far Away,” 142
He Bo (Earl of the Yellow River), xxii, 4, 16–17, 56n59, 67, 87n32, 93n50, 148
He Lü, King (Wu; Wu Guang): in “Ask the Sky,” 75, 100n79, 102n85; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 206, 209n18; in Nine Cantos, 136n23, 139n60
He Tianxing, xx, xxi, xxv
He Zhizhang, xxxiv
Heavenly Mandate, 72, 111
Heng, 70, 94n53
“Hereditary House of Chu” (Shiji), xix–xx
Hong Xingzu, xxviii, 22n6, 149n4, 189, 210; on “Ask the Sky,” 80nn14–16, 83n25, 88n34, 102n86; on “Great Summoning,” 187n4, 188n8; on “Leaving My Sorrow,” 49n14, 50n19, 51n28, 53n35, 54nn46–49, 56n62
Hou Ji (Lord Millet), 70, 73, 98nn70–71
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Hou Kui, 88n32
Hou Yi. See Archer Yi
Hu Nianyi, 167n13
Hu Shi, xxi
Huai, King (Chu), xi, xviii, xix, xx, 103, 114, 170
Huai, Prince (Liang), 195
“Huai sha” (Bosom Full of Sand; Nine Cantos), xxi, xxvi, xxviii, 103, 117–21, 215
Huainan, state of, xxvi. See also Liu An
Huainan Xiaoshan, 210–11
Huainanzi, 210, 219; and “Ask the Sky,” 76n2, 78n10, 80n17, 81nn18–19, 83n26, 84n27, 86n30, 87n32; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 52n29
Huan, Duke (Qi): in “Ask the Sky,” 72, 97n66, 102n83; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 209n14; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 45, 58n75; in Nine Cantos, 125, 139n59; in Nine Variations, 168n16
Hui, King (Zhou), 28–29, 30
Hui Lu, 29, 48n3
“Hymn to a Mandarin Orange Tree” (“Ju song”; Nine Cantos), 103, 127–29; dating of, 216
“I Deplore Pleading” (“Xi song”; Nine Cantos), 103, 104–7, 216
“I Grieve When the Whirlwind” (“Bei hui feng”; Nine Cantos), 124, 129–34, 216, 217
“I Lament It Was Not My Destiny” (“Ai shiming”; Zhuang Ji), xxxix, 202–9, 217, 218
“I Look Back in Sadness” (“Xi wang ri”; Nine Cantos), 124–27, 129, 216
immortality, 89n36, 142; and Daoism, 189–90; in youxian poetry, xxxiii–xxxvi, xxxix, xlii
immortals (xian): in “Ask the Sky,” 82n24, 83n26, 89n38; female, 190, 193n5; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 26; in Nine Cantos, 108, 130; in “Regretting the Vows,” 189, 190, 193n5; in “Wandering Far Away,” 150n11
Imperial Academy, xxii–xxiv
Ji Li, 92n46
Ji Zha, 100n79
Ji Zi, 73, 98n69, 192, 193n13
Jia Yi, xxvi, xxvii, xxx, 189, 194–201, 217, 220; and Li Si, 198, 201nn7–8
Jiandi, 56n61, 93n49, 138n48
Jiang Ji, 1, 77n4, 82n23
Jiang Taigong. See Taigong Wang
Jie (last Xia king): in “Ask the Sky,” 69, 70, 91nn40–41, 92n47, 93n48, 95n58; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 31, 36, 40, 50n18, 53n32
Jie Zhitui (Jia Zi), 125, 134, 139n61
Jieyu (Madman of Chu), 109, 136n21, 167n5
Jin, state of, 135n6; shamans from, 3, 7, 12, 15
Jin Kaicheng, 77n3
Jing, Emperor (Han), 202
Jing Cuo, xxviii, 156, 180
“Jiu huai” (Nine Longings; Wang Bao), xxviii, 220
“Jiu si” (Nine Yearnings; Wang Yi), xxviii, 220
