Renditions no. 84 (Autumn 2015) poetry by Gu Cheng and

poetry by Gu Cheng and Mang Ke and dissident drama

from biographies of recluses to "eight-legged essays" and Taoist prescriptions

and her handling of them

West and Xiaoqiao Ling

and to describe Hong Kong's special way of life and the trials and tribulations of a populace caught between two cultures

Renditions no. 84 (Autumn 2015) poetry by Gu Cheng andRenditions no. 84 is a general issue with a special section devoted to the first two chapters of Chi Pang yuans epic autobiography, The Great Flowing River, as expertly translated by John Balcom. Other features comprise one more chapter of Erik Honobes fine rendering of Feng Menglongs seventeenth century historical novel, Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, together with excellent translations of two of the finest poets now writing in Chinese, Yu