A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings

Acknowledgments

Conventions and Abbreviations

SELECTIONS FROM A BOOK TO BURN (FENSHU 焚書)

PART I: PREFACES 序引

1. Author’s Preface 自序

PART II: LETTERS 書答

1. In Response to Deng Shiyang 答鄧石陽

2. To Yang Dingjian 與楊定見

3. To Zhuang Chunfu 與莊純夫

4. A Letter in Reply to Provincial Officer Liu 答劉方伯書

5. Letter to a Friend in the Capital 寄京友書

6. Three Essays for Two Monks of Huang’an 為黃安二上人三首

7. A Letter in Response to the Claim That Women Are Too Shortsighted to Understand the Dao 答以女人學道為見短書

8. Li Zhi and Geng Dingxiang 耿定向: Correspondence

9. To Yang Dingjian 與楊定見

10. A Response to Zhou Liutang 答周柳塘

PART III: MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜述: SHORT ESSAYS AND DISCOURSES 小品與論説

1. A Sketch of Zhuowu: Written in Yunnan 卓吾論略：滇中作

2. On He Xinyin 何心隱論

3. On the Warring States 戰國論

4. On Weapons and Food 兵食論

5. Discussion on Husband and Wife: Reflections After Long Contemplation 夫婦論 : 蓄有感

6. On Miscellaneous Matters 雜說

7. Explanation of the Childlike Heart-Mind 童心說

8. On the Childlike Mind 童心說

9. The Hub of The Heart Sutra 心經提綱

10. Notes on “The Hub” 提綱說

11. On Loftiness and Cleanliness 高潔說

12. Preface to The Loyal and Righteous Outlaws of the Marsh 忠義水滸傳序

13. Preface to Su Che’s Explication of Laozi 子由解老序

14. Postface to The Prose of Our Time 時文後序

15. Mr. Li’s Ten Kinds of Association 李生十交文

16. Self-Appraisal 自贊

17. An Appraisal of Liu Xie 贊劉諧

18. On a Scroll Painting of Square Bamboo 方竹圖卷文

19. In Memoriam, Master Wang Longxi 王龍溪先生告文

20. In Memoriam, Master Luo Jinxi 羅近溪先生告文

21. Afterword to Journeying with Companions 征途與共後語

22. Reading a Letter from Ruowu’s Mother 讀若無母寄書

23. Record of Master Geng Dingli 耿楚倥先生傳

24. A Petition of Worship and Recitation to the Medicine Buddha 禮誦藥師告文

25. A Petition Upon Completion of Worshipful Recitation of The Medicine Buddha Sutra 禮誦藥師經畢告文

26. A Brief Introduction to Resolving Doubts About the Pure Land 淨土決前引

27. Disciplining the Sangha 戒衆僧

28. Reflections on My Life 感慨平生

29. The Pavilion for Worshipping the Moon 拜月

30. Red Duster 紅拂

PART IV: READINGS OF HISTORY 讀史

1. On the Letter Terminating Relations 絕交書

2. Dragonfly Ditty 蜻蛉謠

3. Biography of Bo Yi 伯夷傳

4. Adorned with Every Mark of Dignity 無所不佩

5. Xunzi, Li Si, and Master Wu 荀卿李斯吳公

6. People of the Song Dynasty Disparaged Xunzi 宋人譏荀卿

7. On Friendship 朋友篇

PART V: POETRY 詩

Introduction to Li Zhi’s Poetry

1. “The Pleasure of Reading,” with a Prologue 讀書樂並引

2. Ballad of the North Wind 朔風謠

3. Chrysanthemum Regrets 恨菊

4. Monastic Seclusion 閉關

5. Lantern Festival 元宵

6. Red and White Plum Blossoms Flourishing at the Lake—an Amusement 湖上紅白梅盛開戲題

7. At a Banquet on a Spring Evening, I Receive the Word “Lack” 春宵燕集得空字

8. Sending Off Zheng Zixuan, Also for Jiao Hong 送鄭子玄兼寄弱侯

9. To Matteo Ricci of the Far West 贈利西泰

10. Encountering Troops Marching East During a Morning Walk, I Send a Poem to Vice-Censor-in-Chief Mei 曉行逢征東將士卻寄梅中丞

11. Composed with Joy Upon Arriving at the Temple of Bliss on the Double Ninth Festival and Learning That Yuan Hongdao Would Soon Be Here 九日至極樂寺聞袁中郎且至因喜而賦

12. Heavy Rain and Snow at the Temple of Bliss on New Year’s Day 元日極樂寺大雨雪

13. The Glazed Temple 琉璃寺

SELECTIONS FROM ANOTHER BOOK TO BURN (XU FENSHU 續焚書)

PART I: PREFACES 序引

1. Preface to Master Li’s Another Book to Burn—by Jiao Hong 李氏續焚書序

2. Upon Reading Old Zhuowu’s Writings—Zhang Nai 讀卓吾老子書述—張鼐

3. Preface to the Second Printing of Li Zhi’s Writings 續刻李氏書序—汪本鈳

PART II: LETTERS 書答

1. To Ma Lishan 與馬歷山

2. Discussing Literature with a Friend 與友人論文

3. A Reply to Li Shilong 復李士龍

4. To Zhou Youshan 與周友山

5. To Geng Kenian 與耿克念

6. To Zeng Jiquan 與曾繼泉

7. Letter to a Friend 與友人書

PART III: MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS 雜述: SHORT ESSAYS AND DISCOURSES 小品與論説

1. Preface to Selections from “A Record of a Cart Full of Ghosts” 選錄睽車志敘

2. Preface to the Anthology Unstringing the Bow 說弧集敘

3. A Brief Introduction to a Selection of Daoist Teachings 道教鈔小引

4. Written at the End of Yuan Zhongdao’s Hand Scroll 書小修手卷後

5. On The Lotus Sutra Chapter on Expedient Devices 法華方便品說

6. On The Diamond Sutra 金剛經說

7. On Recluses 隱者說

8. How the Three Teachings Lead Back to Confucianism 三教歸儒說

9. After Śākyamuni Buddha 釋迦佛後

10. Distribution of Work Assignments in the Sangha 列眾僧職事

11. An Inscription for the Image of Confucius in the Cloister of the Flourishing Buddha 題孔子像於芝佛院

12. Master Li Zhuowu’s Testament 李卓吾先生遺言

PART IV: POETRY 詩

1. On Reading Du Fu (Two Poems) 讀杜少陵二首

2. Watching the Army at the East Gate of the City 觀兵城東門

3. Amitābha Temple 彌陀寺

4. Reading the Resignation Memorial of Gu Chong’an 讀顧沖庵辭疏

5. Spring Night 春夜

6. Listening to the Chanting of The Lotus Sutra 聽誦法華

7. Eight Quatrains from Prison 系中八絕

8. Spring Rain on a Great House 樓頭春雨

9. My Feelings Upon Ascending the Mountain and Receiving a Letter from Jiao Hong 入山得焦弱侯書有感二首

10. After the Snow 雪後

11. Sitting Alone in Meditation 獨坐

12. A Sudden Chill 乍寒

13. Evening Rain 暮雨

14. Watching the Rain with Dazhi 大智對雨

15. Hard Rain 雨甚

16. Viewing the Yellow Crane Pavilion from the River 江上望黃鶴樓

17. Drifting on East Lake with Li Jiantian 李見田邀遊東湖

FROM A BOOK TO KEEP (Hidden) (CANGSHU 藏書) (1599)

1. Introduction to the Table of Contents of the Historical Annals and Biographies in A Book to Keep (Hidden) 藏書世紀列傳總目前論

2. Li Zhi on the First Emperor 秦始皇帝

THE HISTORICAL RECORD 史料

1. The Life of Li Wenling 李溫陵傳

2. Veritable Record of the Memorial Impeaching Li Zhi Submitted by Supervising Censor Zhang Wenda on the Yimao Day of the Second Intercalary Month of the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of Emperor Shenzong 神宗實錄萬曆三十年閏二月乙卯禮科給事中張問達疏劾李贄

Chronology of Li Zhi’s Life

List of Contributors