Song Full Of Tears Nine Centuries Of Chinese

Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present

R. Keith Schoppais the Doehler Chair in Asian History at Loyola College. He is the author of five books, one of which – Blood Road – won the 1997 Association for Asian Studies Levenson Prize for the best book on twentieth century China. In 1994 he was named Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He lives in Towson, Maryland.

List of Illustrations

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

Periods of Early Modern and Modern Chinese History

xvii

Major Personages in the Life of Xiang Lake, Xiaoshan County

xviii

Note on Pronunciation

xx

I View: From North Trunk Mountain, Late Twelfth Century

3

(28)

The Beginnings, 1112--1214: Four Servants of the People

9

(22)

II View: Chenxi Garden, Late Fifteenth Century

31

(28)

Obligation and Death, 1378--1500

36

(23)

III View: The King of Yue Garrison, Late Sixteenth Century

59

(26)

Strange Fruit: Lineages and the Lake, 1519--1555

64

(21)

IV View: On Pure Land Mountain, 1689

85

(30)

Image and Remembrance, 1644--1705

89

(26)

V View: Sailing on the Lake from Upper Sun Village to Green Mountain, 1783

115

(28)

Restoring the Lake: Of Mud-Dredgers, Leeches, and Worm Officers, 1758--1809

120

(23)

VI View: Yewu Mountain, Late 1860s

143

(24)

The Beginning of the End: Cataclysm and Silence, 1861--1901

147

(20)

VII View: From One View Pavilion on Stone Grotto Mountain, 1925

167

(22)

Fending Off the Scavengers, 1903--1921

171

(18)

VIII View: From One View Pavilion on Genuine Peace Mountain, 1937

189

(24)

Ends and Means, 1926--1937

192

(21)

IX View: From Little Li Mountain, Late 1980s

213

(30)

Transmutations, 1937--1986

220

(23)

Epilogue

243

(6)

Abbreviations Used in Notes

249

(2)

Notes

251

(22)

Bibliography

273

(10)

Index

283

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Song Full Of Tears Nine Centuries Of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake

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