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of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.47 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Li Shiji.” Recto of portrait
leaf 23 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.48 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Hou Junji.” Recto of portrait
leaf 17 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.49 Anonymous. Hat to Gather the Hair ( shufa guan), in Sancai tuhui, comp.
Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 1.25b.
Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The
East Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.
101
2.50 Anonymous. “At Night, Song Jiang Looks at a Miniature Mount Ao
Hung with Lanterns,” in Li Zhuowu xiansheng piping Zhongyi Shuihu zhuan, attributed to Shi Naian (fl. 1290–1365), chapter 33, first illustrated leaf.
Hulin [Hangzhou]: Rongyu tang, 1610. Thread-bound book, woodblock-
printed on paper, 29.1 × 17.4 cm. National Library of China, Beijing.
(Source: Ming Rongyu tang ke “Shuihu zhuan” tu, n.p.) 102
2.51 Anonymous. “Song [ Jiang] Gongming Returns Home Wearing
Damask,” in Li Zhuowu xiansheng piping Zhongyi Shuihu zhuan, attributed to Shi Naian (fl. 1290–1365), chapter 99, second illustrated leaf. Hulin
[Hangzhou]: Rongyu tang, 1610. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed
on paper, 29.1 × 17.4 cm. National Library of China, Beijing. (Source:
Ming Rongyu tang ke “Shuihu zhuan” tu, n.p.)
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2.52 Anonymous. “Song [ Jiang] Gongming Takes the Clear Stream Grotto
with Cunning Guile,” in Li Zhuowu xiansheng piping Zhongyi Shuihu zhuan, attributed to Shi Naian (fl. 1290–1365), chapter 98, second illustrated leaf.
Hulin [Hangzhou]: Rongyu tang, 1610. Thread-bound book, woodblock-
printed on paper, 29.1 × 17.4 cm. National Library of China, Beijing.
(Source: Ming Rongyu tang ke “Shuihu zhuan” tu, n.p.) 103
2.53 Anonymous. “Song [ Jiang] Gongming Receives an Imperial Command
to Battle the Great Liao,” in Li Zhuowu xiansheng piping Zhongyi Shuihu zhuan, attributed to Shi Naian (fl. 1290–1365), chapter 83, first illustrated leaf. Hulin [Hangzhou]: Rongyu tang, 1610. Thread-bound book,
woodblock-printed on paper, 29.1 × 17.4 cm. National Library of China,
Beijing. (Source: Ming Rongyu tang ke “Shuihu zhuan” tu, n.p.) 103
2.54 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Guardian of Valor, Song Jiang.” Illustrated leaf 1a from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-seventeenth century. Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on
paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen Hongshou “Shuihu” yezi, n.p.) 104
2.55 Anonymous.
Eunuch’s Costume, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–
1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 2.36a. Thread-bound book, This content downloaded from 129.174.21.5 on Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:43:38 UTC
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woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian Library
and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.
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2.56 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Wei Zheng.” Recto of portrait
leaf 4 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.57 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Zhangsun Shunde.” Recto of
portrait leaf 15 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.58 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Liu Zhenghui.” Recto of portrait leaf 21 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.59 Anonymous. “Spirit Roaming,” in Tang Xianzu (1550–1616), The Peony
Pavilion, scene 27, juan shang, 67a. Shexian, Anhui(?): Qifeng caotang, 1617.
Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 20.0 × 14.0 cm.
Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and
Tilden Foundations.
107
2.60 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Li Jing.” Recto of portrait leaf 8 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album
of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.61 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Scholar with a Masterful Hand, Xiao
Rang.” Illustrated leaf 20a from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-
seventeenth century. Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound
book, woodblock-printed on paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen
Hongshou “Shuihu” yezi, n.p.)
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2.62 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “The Greater Master of Fate.” Illustrated
leaf 5, from Jiu ge tu, 1616–39. Album of 12 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 20.0 × 13.2 cm. (Source: Huang Yongquan, Chen Laolian banhua
xuanji, pl. 3.)
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2.63 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “The Jade Qilin, Lu Junyi.” Illustrated
leaf 2b from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-seventeenth century.
Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound book, woodblock-printed
on paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen Hongshou “Shuihu” yezi, n.p.) 111
2.64 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Demon King of Chaos, Fan Rui.”
Illustrated leaf 14a from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-seventeenth century. Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen Hongshou “Shuihu”
yezi, n.p.)
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2.65 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Red-haired Ghost, Liu Tang.” Illustrated
leaf 18a from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-seventeenth century.
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Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound book, woodblock-
printed on paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen Hongshou “Shuihu”
yezi, n.p.)
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2.66 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Du Ruhui.” Recto of portrait
leaf 3 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.67 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Star of Abundant Knowledge, Wu Yong.”
Illustrated leaf 9b from Shuihu yezi, Chongzhen period, mid-seventeenth century. Forty playing cards mounted as a thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 18.0 × 9.4 cm. (Source: Ming Chen Hongshou “Sh
uihu”
yezi, n.p.)
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2.68 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Liu Hongji.” Recto of portrait leaf 11 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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2.69 Anonymous. “Reunion at Court,” in Tang Xianzu (1550–1616), The Peony Pavilion, scene 55, juan xia, 66a. Shexian, Anhui(?): Qifeng caotang, 1617.
Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 20.0 × 14.0 cm.
Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox,
and Tilden Foundations.
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2.70 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Zhu Maichen,” leaf 33 from Bogu yezi.
Hangzhou(?), 1651–53. Album of 54 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper,
16.0 × 8.7 cm. Wango H. C. Weng Collection, Lyme, New Hampshire.
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2.71 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Lord Mengchang,” leaf 17 from Bogu yezi.
Hangzhou(?), 1651–53. Album of 54 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper,
16.0 × 8.7 cm. Wango H. C. Weng Collection, Lyme, New Hampshire.
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2.72 Dish decorated with figures from Shuihu zhuan, Kangxi mark and period, late seventeenth century. Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome
enamels ( famille verte), diameter 17.5 cm. The E. C. Converse Collection, Bequest of Edmund Cogswell Converse, 1921 (21.175.39). Image copyright
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY.
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3.1
Diagrams of book formats
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3.2 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). “Fragrance of Pale Blue Silk,” leaf 19
from Sixteen Views of a Hermit’s Life, 1651. Album of 20 leaves with 16
illustrated leaves and 4 leaves of calligraphy, ink and pale color on paper,
21.4 × 29.8 cm. The Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
Taiwan, Republic of China.
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3.3
Anonymous. “The Newly Advanced Scholar Attends a Banquet in the
Apricot Garden,” in Gao Ming (ca. 1305–ca. 1370), Nan Pipa ji, act 8, 27b–28a. Hangzhou: Qifeng guan, 1610. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 20.8 × 13.6 cm. © British Library Board, Or.75.b.8.
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3.4 Anonymous. “Boyi and Shuqi Starve to Death at the Foot of Mount
Shouyang,” from Stories on Figures in the Four Books, recto of illustrated leaf 16a. Hangzhou, 1640. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on
paper, 27.8 × 16.6 cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo, 附 001-0005.
134
3.5
Anonymous. “Boyi and Shuqi Starve to Death at the Foot of Mount
Shouyang,” from Stories on Figures in the Four Books, verso of illustrated leaf 16b. Hangzhou, 1640. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on
paper, 27.8 × 16.6 cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo, 附 001-0005.
134
3.6 Anonymous. “Wang Lingyan Realizes That the Emperor Will Not
Return,” in Anonymous, Sui Yangdi yanshi, chapter 26, recto of second illustration, leaf 52a. Suzhou: Renrui tang, 1631. Thread-bound book,
woodblock-printed on paper, 23.7 × 14.5 cm. C. V. Starr East Asian
Library, Columbia University.
145
3.7 Anonymous. “Wang Lingyan Realizes That the Emperor Will Not
Return,” in Anonymous, Sui Yangdi yanshi, chapter 26, verso of second illustration, leaf 52b. Suzhou: Renrui tang, 1631. Thread-bound book,
woodblock-printed on paper, 23.7 × 14.5 cm. C. V. Starr East Asian
Library, Columbia University.
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3.8 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yuchi Jingde.” Verso of portrait leaf 7 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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3.9 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yu Shinan.” Verso of portrait
leaf 20 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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3.10 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Li Jing.” Verso of portrait leaf 8 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album
of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu
kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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3.11 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Liu Hongji.” Verso of portrait leaf 11 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
149
3.12 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yin Kaishan.” Verso of
portrait leaf 13 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
150
3.13 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Zhangsun Shunde.” Verso of
portrait leaf 15 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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3.14 Anonymous. “Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Looks at a Picture and
Thinks of Former Travels,” in Anonymous, Sui Yangdi yanshi, chapter 17, recto of second illustration, leaf 34a. Suzhou: Renrui tang, 1631. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 23.7 × 14.5 cm. C. V. Starr
East Asian Library, Columbia University.
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3.15 Anonymous. “Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Looks at a Picture and
Thinks of Former Travels,” in Anonymous, Sui Yangdi yanshi, chapter 17, verso of second illustration, leaf 34b. Suzhou: Renrui tang, 1631. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 23.7 × 14.5 cm. C. V. Starr
East Asian Library, Columbia University.
153
3.16 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Qutu Tong.” Verso of portrait
leaf 12 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
154
3.17 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Du Ruhui.” Verso of portrait
leaf 3 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
157
3.18 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Duan Zhixuan.” Verso of
portrait leaf 10 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
158
4.1 Zhang Yuan (fl. late seventeenth century). Portrait of Liu Yuan, 1665.
Detail of a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 128.9 × 33.7 cm.
Zhejiang Provincial Museum. (Sources: Yiyuan duoying 18 [Oct. 1982],
p. 39 [for close-up of Liu’s face and upper body]; Zhongguo meishu
quanji, Huihua bian 10: Qingdai huihua, vol. 2, pl. 79).
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4.2 Anonymous.
Portrait of Yu [ Xiangdou] of the Three Terra
ce Establishment, in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu
Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang, 1599,
juan 43. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫,
子, N 3079.
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5.1 Anonymous.
Theocrat Guan. Kangxi period, late seventeenth century.
Hanging scroll, ink, colors, and gold on silk, 173.0 × 120.0 cm. Plum
Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong.
198
5.2 Anonymous.
Guan, Sage True Lord, 1657. Ink rubbing of a stele carved
in Chang’an, present whereabouts of stele unknown. Ink on paper,
132.5 × 63.0 cm. (Source: Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 19: Shike xianhua, p. 110, pl. 100.)
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5.3
Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Theocrat Guan.” Recto of
first icon from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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5.4 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Theocrat Guan.” Verso of
first icon from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
203
5.5 Anonymous.
Charcoal from the Three Terraces, in Fangshi mopu, comp. Fang Yulu (fl. 1570–1619). Shexian, Anhui, ca. 1590, 3.33a. Thread-bound book,
woodblock-printed on paper, 24.6 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian Library
and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.
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5.6 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Theocrat Guan.” Recto of
second icon from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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5.7 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Theocrat Guan.” Verso of
second icon from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.
Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.
Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.
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5.8 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Theocrat Guan.” Recto of