Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies Vol.48 No.2 Special Issue on Song Dynasty Biji was published in June 2018, with the following seven articles

1. From Anecdotes about Individuals to “Biographies in the Miscellany Genre” (Zhu Gang)
2. A Failed Peripheral Hegemonic State with a Limited Mandate of Heaven: Politico-Historical Reflections of a Survivor of the Southern Tang (Li Cho-ying)
3. The Life and Legend of Chong Fang: The Journey from Recluse to Imperial Favorite to Master of Yi Learning (Douglas Skonicki)
4. “Remarks on Poetry” and “Original Incidents”: The Relationship between the Liuyi Remarks on Poetry and the “Original Incidents” Texts of the Late Tang and Five Dynasties (Liu Ning)
5. Teahouses in the Song Period: A Comparative Analysis of Sources of Urban History and Anecdotal Literature (Hirata Shigeki)
6. Leisurely Chats, Faithful Records, and Dialogue: Song Biji and the Transmission of Mantic Knowledge (Liao Hsien-huei)
7. An Introductory Study of the Tang yulin (Forest of Conversations on the Tang): Textual History, Source Material, and the Influences It Received (Amelia Ying Qin)

For further information, please visit the journal’s database: http://thjcs.site.nthu.edu.tw/p/412-1452-6246.php?Lang=en