Ducheng jisheng

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The book Ducheng jisheng ( Chinese  都城 紀 勝  /  都城 纪 胜 , Pinyin Dūchéng jìshèng  - "Attractions of the capital (Hangzhou)") was written under the pseudonym Guanpu Naideweng (灌 圃 耐 得 翁). Nothing is known about the life of the author, only his family name Zhao 赵.

The work comprises 1 volume (juan). It comes from the year +1235.

content

What work is divided into 14 subject groups (lei). It reports on business streets , shops, commodities and general goods, drinks and food, and amusements from the capital Lin'an临安 (now Hangzhou , Zhejiang ) of the Southern Song Dynasty . It provides important material for researching the eating and drinking habits of the Southern Song Dynasty shortly before the Mongol invasion.

Contents overview

  • 1. Markets (shijing 市井)
  • 2. Professions and trades (zhuhang 诸 行)
  • 3.Giving (jiusi 酒肆)
  • 4. Restaurants (shidian 食店)
  • 5. Teahouses (chafang 茶坊)
  • 6. Four offices and six offices for banquets and celebrations (sisi liju 四 司 六 局)
  • 7. Entertainment districts, brothels, singing and acting (washe zhongji 瓦 舍 众 伎)
  • 8. Holidays and societies (shehui 社会)
  • 9. Gardens and parks (yuanyuan 园 苑)
  • 10. Boats (zhouchuan 舟船)
  • 11. Shops and boutiques (puxi 铺 席)
  • 12. Residential Areas (fangyuan 坊 院)
  • 13. Loafers (xianren 闲人)
  • 14. Places of worship of the three religions (sanjiao waidi 三 教 外地)

Title of the abbreviated edition

There is also an abbreviated version , it appeared under the name Gu Hang mengyou lu (古 杭 梦游 录).

Old prints and modern editions

There are many old prints, including the one in the Zhubuzuzhai congshu知 不足 斋 丛书 collection. A newer version is the one published by Guji wenxue chubanshe (Shanghai), where this work is attached to the Dongjing meng Hua lu .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ So also in the collection of twelve exquisite works of the Song and Yuan period named after another name ( Lianting楝 亭) by Cao Yin曹寅, d. H. in the Lianting cangshu shi'er zhong (楝 亭 藏书 十二 种) edition of the printing house Yangzhou siju扬州 诗 局, founded by Cao Yin . According to other editions, the pseudonym is written: Guanyuan Naideweng 灌 园 耐 得 翁.
  2. ↑ An English translation of his pseudonym reads: "the old gentleman of the water garden who achieved success through forebearance".
  3. ↑ See Zhongguo yinshi shi VI.726
  4. ↑ See Balazs / Hervouet, p. 153.
  5. ↑ See Nienhauser and Balazs / Hervouet.

literature

  • Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , No. 47
  • Chuancai pengren shidian , p. 4
  • Zhongguo pengren cidian , p. 662
  • "The attractions of the capital" [from Ducheng jisheng]. Pp. 178-185 in Chinese civilization: A sourcebook . 2nd ed.Ebrey, Patricia, ed. New York: The Free Press, 1993
  • Etienne Balazs & Yves Hervouet: A Sung Bibliography , Hong Kong 1978.
  • Nienhauser, Indiana Companion , Vol. I, p. 832.

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