b. History

Eccles, Lance. "The Empress Wang Baoming and Her Role in the Political Affairs of the Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties," Journal of Asian History, 27.1 (1993):1-15.

_____. "The Seizure of the Mandate: Establishment of the Legitimacy of the Liang Dynasty," Journal of Asian History, 23:2 (Fall 1989):169-180.

Pearce, Scott. “Who, and What, was Hou Jing?”  EMC 6 (2000):49-73.

c. Literature

Berkowitz, Alan J. "The Last Piece in the Wen xuan, Wang Sengda’s 'Offering for Imperial Household Grandee Yan'” EMC 10-11.1 (2004):177-202.

Cutter, Robert Joe.  “To the Manner Born? Nature and Nurture in Early Medieval Chinese Literary Thought." In Scott Pearce, Audrey Spiro, and Patricia Ebrey, eds. Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200-600. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2003, 53-71.

Enoki, Kazuo. "The Liang chih-kung-t'u," Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko 42 (1984):75-138.

Knechtges, David R. “Culling the Weeds and Selecting Prime Blossoms: The Anthology in Early Medieval China.” In Scott Pearce, Audrey Spiro, and Patricia Ebrey, eds. Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200-600. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2003, 200-41.

_____, trans. Wen xuan, or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume 1, Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. Masterfully translated, Prof. Knechtges' Wen xuan volumes should be consulted not only for the important works of literature but for the discussions of genre and the copious notes which, with the excellent indexes, form an extremely useful reference to all manner of terms for the early imperial period. Rev. Daniel Bryant. HJAS 44.1 (June 1984):249-57.

______. Wen xuan, or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume 2, Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Rev.  Daniel Bryant, HJAS 50.1 (June 1990):341-346.

_____. Wen xuan, or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume 3, Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.  Rev. Wilt L. Idema, TP 85.4/5: 453-55.

_____. "Wen xuan  Studies," EMC 10-11.1 (2004):1-22.

Lai, Chiu-mi. "Reinvention of the “Late Season” Motif in the Wen xuan," EMC 10-11.1 (2004):131-50.

Lai, Whalen. "Emperor Wu of Liang on the immortal soul, She pu mieh," JAOS 101:2 (1983).

Liang Chien-wen-ti,  (503-551). Beyond the Mulberries: an Anthology of Palace-style Poetry. Trans. by John Marney. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, 1982.

Marney, John. "A Criticism of he kung-t'i poetry of Liang Chien-wen Ti," Transactions of the International Conference of Orientalists in Japan 14 (1969):108-15.

_______. "Lady Hsu, An Empress of the Liang," Odyssey 1:2 (April 1976):19-23.

_______. Liang Chien-wen Ti. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976.

_______. "'Yen-Ming Nang Fu' (Rhymeprose on the Eye-Brightening Sachet of Emperor Chien-wen of Liang: a study in Medieval Folklore," JAOS  97(1977):131-40.

Mather, Richard B.  The Poet Shen Yüeh (441-513): The Reticent Marquis.  Princeton: Princeton University Press.1988.

von Zach, Erwin, tr. Die chinesische Anthologie: Übersetzungen aus dem Wen Hsüan. 2 vols. Ed. Ilse Martin Fang. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958.

Historiography

Liang shu:

Yao Silian 姚思廉 (557-637) .Liang shu 梁書 [History of the Liang]. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1973.

d. Electronic Texts of Primary Sources

Liang shu  梁書 electronic text.  Scripta Sinica searchable text and commentary of and Yao Silian’s Liang shu. Based on the Zhonghua shuju punctuated edition.  May be accessed through the 二十五史 link at http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3    Simplified character version http://www.cnread.net/cnread1/lszl/y/yaosilian/ls/index.html