Wu Shuang Pu
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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
- ^ "Wushuang Pu". St John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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- ^ a b "Appreciation and Analysis of Porcelain with 40 Figures of "Wushuang Pu" in the Late Qing Dynasty (Chinese language)". "Translation into English".[unreliable source?]
- ^ Santangelo, Paolo (2010). Materials for an Anatomy of Personality in Late Imperial China. Koninklijke_Brill_NV. p. 254. ISBN 978-90-474-3097-1.
- ^ Zhou, Yuhong (2013). "Qīng wǎnqí "wúshuāng pǔ" rénwù cíqì shǎngxī" 清晚期“无双谱”人物瓷器赏析 [Appreciating 'Wu Shuang Pu' Figures on Late Qing Porcelain]. Fujian Wenbo 福建文博 (in Chinese). 2013 (2): 103–104. ISSN 1005-894X.
Bibliography
- Georg Weishaupt (2002). The great fortune (Das grose gluck). Germany.
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