"In Ting- tso's preface to the Tzu-hui written in 1615, Ying-tso is described as ch'
iang-nien !g4f., or between forty and fifty, having just registered as a student in
the National University. It thus may be inferred that ... According to the traditional
story, T'ang sold himself as a bond servant in order to approach a slave girl, but
Meng changed the characterization of T'ang to that of one with the higher status
of a clerk for hi ..."
"He renovated a country villa in Hai-ning which he named Yu-yiianpgg, and
started on his writing career. [Editors' note: This garden has an interesting history.
First built in the 12th century for the descendants of General Wang Ping, who lost
his life in 1126 defending Taiyuan against the ... A current story had it that the Ch'
ien-lung emperor was the son of a lady of this family. ... His collection of dramas
entitled Ling-ch 'ih-f ..."
"Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644-1911/2) is a standard reference used by scholars, meticulously compiled and unique in its scope. This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the US Library of Congress and published by the United States Government Printing Office during World War II. The 2016 Berkshire edition contains the original text of 800 biographical sketches as well as a preface by Hu Shih, a scholar who had be ..."