Wu Shuang Pu

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]

Wu Shuang Pu
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
Alternative name
(Nanling Wu Shuang Pu)
Chinese南陵無雙譜
Literal meaningNanling Table of Peerless Heroes
Wu Shuang Pu
Ban Chao (32–102) depicted on Chinese porcelain, Xianfeng period (1850–1861)
Wu Shuang Pu
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
No.NameTranslation (pinyin)Also known as
1张良Zhang Liang (c. 250–189 BC), pinyin: Zhāng LiàngZhang Zifang 张子房, Liu Hou 留侯
2項籍Xiang Ji (232–202 BC), pinyin: Xiàng JíXiang Yu 项羽, Xichu Bawang 西楚霸王
3伏生Fu Sheng (c. 268–178 BC), pinyin: Fú ShēngMaster Fu 伏生
4东方朔Dongfang Shuo (154–93 BC), pinyin: Dōngfāng ShuòDongfang 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 WǔSu Si Qing 苏子卿
7司马迁Sima Qian (c. 145–86 BC), pinyin: Sīmǎ QiānLong 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 ZǐlíngYan Xiansheng 严先生, Yan Guang 嚴光
10曹娥Cao E (c. 130–143), pinyin: Cáo ÉCao Xiaonü 曹孝女
11班超Ban Chao (32–102), pinyin: Bān ChāoDing Yuan Hou 定远侯, Zhong Sheng 仲升
12班昭Ban Zhao (45–116), pinyin: Bān ZhāoBan Huiban 班惠班, Cao Daijia 曹大家
13赵娥Zhao E (c. 25–220), pinyin: Zhào ÉZhao E Qin 趙娥親, Pang E 龐娥
14孙策Sun Ce (175–200), pinyin: Sūn CèJiang Dong Sun Lang 江东孙郎
15诸葛亮Zhuge Liang (181–234), pinyin: Zhūgě LiàngHan Cheng Qiang 汉丞相
16焦孝然Jiao Xiaoran (c. 481–221 BC), pinyin: Jiāo XiàoránYin Shi 隐士, Jiao Xian 焦先
17刘谌Liu Chen (220–263), pinyin: Liú ChénBeidi Wang-Prince of Beidi 北地王
18羊祜Yang Hu (221–278), pinyin: Yáng HùYang Shu Zi 羊叔子
19周处Zhou Chu (236–297), pinyin: Zhōu ChǔZiyin 子隱
20绿珠Lüzhu (c. 250–300), pinyin: Lǜ ZhūLiang 良
21陶渊明Tao Yuanming (365–427), pinyin: Táo YuānmíngTao Qian 陶潛
22王猛Wang Meng (325–375), pinyin: Wáng MěngWang Jing Lue 王景略
23謝安Xie An (320–385), pinyin: Xiè ĀnXie Gong 谢公, Jin Tai Fu 晋太傅, Xie Anshi 謝安石
24苏蕙Su Hui (351–381), pinyin: Sū HuìSu 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 FūrenXian 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 ZétiānWu Zhao 武曌
28狄仁杰Di Renjie (630–700), pinyin: Dí RénjiéLiang 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 ZǐyíGuo Shangfu/Guo Changfu, Fenyang wang-Prince of Fenyang 尚父郭汾阳王
31李白Li Bai (701–762), pinyin: Lǐ BáiLi Tai Bai, Li po, Li Tai Po, Li Qing Lian, (Hao) Qinglian Jushi
32李畢Li Bi (722–789), pinyin: Lǐ BìLi Mi 李泌, Liye Hou 李邺侯
33张承业Zhang Chengye (846–922), pinyin: Zhāng ChéngyèTang Jian Jun 唐建军
34冯道Feng Dao (882–954), pinyin: Féng DàoChang Yue Lao 长乐老
35陳摶Chen Tuan (871–989), pinyin: Chén TuánChen Chuan 陈抟, Chen Tunan 陳南
36钱镠Qian Liu (852–932), pinyin: Qián liúQian 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 DōngTai Xue Lu 太学绿
39岳飞Yue Fei (1103–1142), pinyin: Yuè FēiYue E Wang 岳鄂王
40文天祥Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), pinyin: Wén TiānxiángWen Chengxiang 丞相

Selected republications (Chinese)
  • 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
  1. Lau, Josef S.M.; Goldblatt, Howard (2007). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. pp. 616–626. ISBN 978-0231138406.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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".
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  6. Santangelo, Paolo (2010). Materials for an Anatomy of Personality in Late Imperial China. Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 254. ISBN 978-90-474-3097-1.
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