Доклады Международного конгресса ИИСАА. Т. 1

III. Far East, South and South-East Asia / Дальний Восток, Южная и Юго-Восточная Азия Доклады Международного конгресса по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки. Т. 1. 2020 599 山前麋鹿山後狼兩個結拜在 山上豹狼有難麋鹿救麋鹿 又難自已當箭射鳥騰空 起不射麋鹿只射狼為人要 把狼心使將來落的自 身上 A wolf from behind the mountain and an elk made an agreement That should the wolf have difficulties, the elk would succour it, And should the elk have difficulties, it would succour itself; An arrow was shot at a bird, the bird flew up into the sky. The man does not want to shoot an elk, But only a wolf, so that he could get a wolf’s heart. Such rhymed sayings could probably be performed prior to theatre performances or be a cross talk xiangsheng 相聲 . MAE No.675–48/10 (fig. 7) A vertical image depicting a historical scene or a shot of daily life. The upper part contains an inscription “APicture of the Inspection of Combat Ships Exercises” 演戰船之圖 . The upper part of the picture shows construction of fortifications: scaffoldings are being mounted, a wall is being built. In front of the wall, a public official — probably, a fleet inspector — is watching the fight on the water. The lower part of the picture shows five boats with armed people; warriors on two of them are dressed in gowns resembling tiger skins. All warriors are facing right — opponent ships must be located in that direction. Possibly, it shows China before the Opium wars. The lower part of the picture has a mark of the workshop “Junxingyong ji” 俊 興永記 . MAE No. 675–48/11 1 , MAE No. 675–48/17 (fig. 8) A vertical picture depicting a plot of a play or of an oral narration has an inscription in the upper part, “Newly Cut [Picture] about Ding Lang’s Search [for his Father]” 新刻丁郎找 . Apparently, only the right part of the picture survived; probably, the full title of the depicted play is “Ding Lang is Searching for His Father» 丁郎找爹 . The picture shows seven scenes, each numbered and furnished with a short comment; names of main characters are inscribed selectively. The translation of the descriptive captions to the scenes: 1 Two collection numbers are provided for a single picture, since both items are copies of the same picture.