the work of serious modern women writers in English'
and all revolve around important political issues
A deft mixture of the popular style of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School with the innovations of May Fourth modernism
followed by one of Lao She’s 老舍 more significant short stories
Extracts from Chinese film scripts and other texts from the 1930s to this century are included in this issue
Renditions nos. 59 & 60 (Spring & Autumn 2003) the work of serious modernThe Faces of a Chinese Beauty: Wang Zhaojun Wang Zhaojun was a Han court lady who volunteered to marry the Xiongnu Khan in 33 BC. Her plight, and her place as one of the four great beauties of China, have fascinated poets, playwrights, painters, and politicians for two thousand years. She has been portrayed by generations of writers as pitiable, courageous, wise, or patriotic, though such depictions reveal more about the authors than about Wang