Hello all, See below for a message from Jeanne Larsen containing references concerning Shangguan Wan'er's poetic writing as a follow-up to Victor Mair's message. My apologies for being tardy in forwarding this to you. Best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi Secretary-Treasurer T'ang Studies Society ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Jeanne L. Larsen" <jlarsen@hollins.edu> To: admin@tangstudies.org Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:23:06 PM Subject: Shangguan Wan'er Dear Tony, More on Shangguan Wan'er: please pass on to all members, with thanks to Victor Mair for posting the news about the discovery of this remarkable woman's tomb. Her poetic talent was of the highest order. English versions of some of her poems appear in: Women Writers of Traditional China, Kang-i Sun Chang and Haun Saussy, eds. (Stanford U.P., 1999)--translation, notes, and bio note by Stephen Owen The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China, Wilt Ideame and Beata Grant (Harvard U. Asia Center, 2004) Willow, Wine, Mirror, Moon: Women's Poems from Tang China, Jeanne Larsen (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2005) I have 14 more literary translations of her poems in a new anthology, Jade Mirror: Women Poets of China, Michael Farman, ed. (White Pine Press, 2013). Jeanne Larsen *** Professor of English Director, Jackson Center for Creative Writing, Hollins University