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Zhang Chengye as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang
Wu Shuang Pu; Ban Chao (32-102) depicted on Chinese porcelain, Xianfeng period (1851-1861)

Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜; Table of Peerless Heroes) is a book of woodcut prints, first printed in 1694, by painter Jin Shi (金史), who was known as Jin Guliang (金古良).[1][2] This book contains the biographies and imagined portraits of 40 notable heroes and heroines from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, all accompanied by a brief introduction and guided by a related poem in Yuefu style.[3][4] The illustrations from the book were widely distributed and re-used, often as motifs on Chinese porcelain.[2][5] Jin Guliang was following the examples of Cui Zizhong (崔子忠),[6] who initiated the first major revival of figure painting since the Song Dynasty. Jin Guliang compiled the book together with woodcarver Zhu Gui (朱圭).[7][5] Jin says in his book that these heroes have no parallel, Wu (no) Shuang (parallel) Pu (book), these heroes are peerless.

Included biographies

No. Name Translation (pinyin) Also known as
1 张良 Zhang Liang (c. 250-189 BC), pinyin: Zhāng Liàng Zhang Zifang 张子房, Liu Hou 留侯
2 項籍 Xiang Ji (232-202 BC), pinyin: Xiàng Jí Xiang Yu 项羽, Xichu Bawang 西楚霸王
3 伏生 Fu Sheng (scholar) (c. 268-178 BC), pinyin: Fú Shēng Master Fu 伏生
4 东方朔 Dongfang Shuo (154-93 BC), pinyin: Dōngfāng Shuò Dong Fang Man Qian 东方曼倩
5 张骞 Zhang Qian (164-114 BC), pinyin: Zhāng Qiān
6 苏武 Su Wu (140-60 BC), pinyin: Sū Wǔ Su Si Qing 苏子卿
7 司马迁 Sima Qian (c. 145-86 BC), pinyin: Sīmǎ Qiān Long Men Si 龙门司, Ma Qian Si 马迁司, Ma Zi Chang 马子长
8 董贤 Dong Xian (23-1 BC), pinyin: Dǒng xián
9 严子陵 Yan Zi Ling (c. 25-75), pinyin: Yán Zǐ Líng Yan Xiansheng 严先生, Yan Guang 嚴光
10 曹娥 Cao E (c. 130-143), pinyin: Cáo É Cao Xiaonü 曹孝女
11 班超 Ban Chao (32-102), pinyin: Bān Chāo Ding Yuan Hou 定远侯, Zhong Sheng 仲升
12 班昭 Ban Zhao (45-116), pinyin: Bān Zhāo Ban Huiban 班惠班, Cao Daijia 曹大家
13 赵娥 Zhao E (c. 25-220), pinyin: Zhào É Zhao E Qin 趙娥親
14 孙策 Sun Ce (175-200), pinyin: Sūn Cè Jiang Dong Sun Lang 江东孙郎
15 诸葛亮 Zhuge Liang (181-234), pinyin: Zhūgě Liàng Han Cheng Qiang 汉承相
16 焦孝然 Jiao Xiao Ran (c. 481-221 BC), pinyin: Jiāo Xiào Rán Yin Shi 隐士
17 刘谌 Liu Chen (Shu Han) (c. 220-263), pinyin: Liú Chén Beidi Wang, Prince of Beidi 北地王
18 羊祜 Yang Hu (221-278), pinyin: Yáng Hù Yang Shu Zi 羊叔子
19 周处 Zhou Chu (236-297), pinyin: Zhōu Chǔ Ziyin 子隱
20 绿珠 Lüzhu (c. 250-300), pinyin: Lǜ Zhū Liang 良
21 陶渊明 Tao Yuanming (365-427), pinyin: Táo Yuānmíng Tao Qian, T'ao Ch'ien
22 王猛 Wang Meng (Former Qin) (325-375), pinyin: Wáng Měng Wang Jing Lue 王景略
23 謝安 Xie An (320-385), pinyin: Xiè Ān Xie Gong 谢公, Jin Tai Fu 晋太傅, Xie Anshi 謝安石
24 苏蕙 Su Hui (poet) (351-381), pinyin: Sū Huì Su Ruo Lan 苏若兰
25 花木兰 Hua Mulan (c. 400-500), pinyin: Huā Mùlán
26 冼夫人 Xian Fu Ren (c. 512-602), pinyin: Xiǎn Fū Ren Lady Xian, Qiaoguo Fu Ren, Lady of Qiao Guo 谯国夫人
27 武则天 Wu Zetian (624-705), pinyin: Wǔ Zé tiān Wu Zhao 武曌
28 狄仁杰 Di Renjie (630-700), pinyin: Dí Rénjié Liang Gong 梁公
29 安金藏 An Jincang (c. 600-800), pinyin: Ān Jīn Cáng
30 郭子仪 Guo Ziyi (697-781), pinyin: Guō Zǐyí Guo Shangfu/Guo Changfu, Fenyang wang, Prince of Fenyang 尚父郭汾阳王
31 李白 Li Bai (701-762), pinyin: Lǐ Bái Li Tai Bai, Li po, Li Tai Po, Li Qing Lian, (Hao) Qinglian Jushi
32 李畢 Li Bi (722-789), pinyin: Lǐ Bì Li Mi 李泌, Liye Hou 李邺侯
33 张承业 Zhang Chengye (846-922), pinyin: Zhāng Chéng Yè Tang Jian Jun 唐建军
34 冯道 Feng Dao (882-954), pinyin: Féng Dào Chang Yue Lao 长乐老
35 陳摶 Chen Tuan (871-989), pinyin: Chén Tuán Chen Chuan 陈抟, Chen Tunan 陳南
36 钱镠 Qian Liu (852-932), pinyin: Qián liú Qian Jumei 具美, Qian Poliu 钱婆留
37 安民 An Min (c. 1050-1125), pinyin: Ān Mín
38 陈东 Chen Dong (Song Dynasty) (1086-1127), pinyin: Chén Dōng Tai Xue Lu 太学绿
39 岳飞 Yue Fei (1103-1142), pinyin: Yuè Fēi Yue E Wang 岳鄂王
40 文天祥 Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), pinyin: Wén Tiānxiáng Wen Chengxiang 丞相

Selected republications (Chinese)

  • Jin, Guliang (1996). Wu shuang pu. Shijiazhuang, China: Hebei peoples publishing house. ISBN 7531008157.
  • Jin, Guliang (2013). Wu shuang pu. Hefei, China: Anhui peoples publishing house. ISBN 7212060542.

Publications in English

  • Arno Jacobs (2021). The Beauty of Chinese Porcelain, Symbolism and WuShuangPu. ISBN 9798716899834

References

Bibliography

  • Georg Weishaupt (2002). The great fortune (Das grose gluck). Germany.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 3000103066