Wu Shuang Pu (Chinese: 無雙譜; lit. 'Table of Peerless Heroes') is a book of woodcut prints, first printed in 1694, early on in the Qing dynasty. 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.[1][2] The illustrations from the book were widely distributed and re-used, often as motifs on Chinese porcelain.[3][4]
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 Zhang Chengye as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Gulian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 無雙譜 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 无双谱 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alternative name (Nanling Wu Shuang Pu) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 南陵無雙譜 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Nanling Table of Peerless Heroes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Ban Chao (32–102) depicted on Chinese porcelain, Xianfeng period (1850–1861) |
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| Poem of Ban Zhao (45–116) | |
 She was the wife of Cao Shishu. She finished the book of the royal family that her father and brother has started. She served the royal family as a teacher. |
The original book has a seal that says Nanling, which is why the book is also known as Nanling Wu Shuang Pu. A re-edition of this book from the year 1699 is kept in the National Museum of China. In January 2006, an original hand-painted book of Wu Shuang Pu was sold at the Chongyuan auction house in Shanghai for 2.86 million CNY (US$440,000/£320,000).
The scholar and philologist Mao Qiling praised the book in the preface, he felt that the prose in this book formed a trinity with the poems and prints.
The painter of Wu Shuang Pu is Jin Shi (金史, c.1625–1695), who was known as Jin Guliang (金古良),[5][3] born in Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China). Jin Guliang was inspired by Chen Hongshou and was following the examples of Cui Zizhong,[6] who initiated the first major revival of figure painting since the Song dynasty. Jin Guliang compiled the book together with woodcarver Zhu Gui.[4]
Included biographies
edit| No. | Name | Translation (pinyin) | Also known as |
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| 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 (c. 268–178 BC), pinyin: Fú Shēng | Master Fu 伏生 |
| 4 | 东方朔 | Dongfang Shuo (154–93 BC), pinyin: Dōngfāng Shuò | Dongfang ManQian 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 Ziling (c. 0–75), pinyin: Yán Zǐlíng | 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, Pang E 龐娥 |
| 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 汉丞相 |
| 16 | 焦孝然 | Jiao Xiaoran (c. 481–221 BC), pinyin: Jiāo Xiàorán | Yin Shi 隐士, Jiao Xian 焦先 |
| 17 | 刘谌 | Liu Chen (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 陶潛 |
| 22 | 王猛 | Wang Meng (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 (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 Furen (512–602), pinyin: Xiǎn Fūren | Xian Zhen 冼珍, Lady Xian 冼夫人, Qiaoguo Furen-Lady of Qiaoguo 谯国夫人 |
| 27 | 武则天 | Wu Zetian (624–705), pinyin: Wǔ Zétiān | 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 Jīncáng | |
| 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 Chéngyè | 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 (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)
edit- Jin, Guliang (1996). Wushuang pu. Shijiazhuang: Hebei peoples publishing house, China. ISBN 7531008157.
- Jin, Guliang (2013). Wushuang pu. Hefei: Anhui peoples publishing house, China. ISBN 978-7212060541.
References
edit- ^ Lau, Josef S.M.; Goldblatt, Howard (2007). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. pp. 616–626. ISBN 978-0231138406.
- ^ Wyatt, D. (2008). Wyatt, Don J (ed.). Battlefronts Real and Imagined, War, Border, and Identity in the Chinese Middle Period. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 31–32. doi:10.1057/9780230611719. ISBN 978-1-349-52631-4.
- ^ a b Wu, Yi-Li (2008-01-01). "The Gendered Medical Iconography of the Golden Mirror (Yuzuan yizong jinjian , 1742)". Asian Medicine. 4 (2): 452–491. doi:10.1163/157342009X12526658783736. ISSN 1573-420X.
- ^ a b Zhou, Yuhong (2013). "Appreciation and Analysis of Porcelain with 40 Figures of "Wushuang Pu" in the Late Qing Dynasty (Chinese language)". Baidu. "Translation into English".
- ^ "Wushuang Pu". St John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Santangelo, Paolo (2010). Materials for an Anatomy of Personality in Late Imperial China. Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 254. ISBN 978-90-474-3097-1.
External links
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Wu Shuang Pu at Wikipedia's sister projects
- Georg Weishaupt (2002). The great fortune (Das grose gluck). Germany.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 3000103066 - Arno Jacobs (2015). The beauty of Chinese porcelain, symbolism and Wu Shuang Pu heroes. Netherlands.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 9798716899834 - "Wu Shuang Pu, Table of Peerless Heroes". The Gotheborg Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Collector's Help and Info Page and Forum. Retrieved August 7, 2021
- "Jin, Guliang, 17thC: Wu shuang pu". Munich Digitization Center Digital Library, Germany. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
