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Contents

I. Wu 吳 and Yue 越 (As of May 2019, moved to wuyuescripts.com)
II. Funerary article
      a. Nefertari (including a transcription and translation of the texts on the walls of her tomb)
      b. Cat Sarcophagus
      c. Mawangdui
III. Legend of the Burning of the Southern Shaolin Temple
IV. Basslines
V. Runes
VI. Zhuanshu 篆書 (small seal script) of Li Yangbing 李陽冰
VII. Skjöldunga saga
VIII. Chinese Mythology
IX. Defending The Defenders
X. Notes on Transliteration
XI. Notes on Copyrighted Materials
XII. List of English Translations of the Shiji
XIII. About Me
XIV. Email Me

A comprehensive index of inscriptions from the Kingdoms of Wu and Yue

Now moved offsite to wuyuescripts.com

A. Tomb of Nefertari (QV66)

The One for Whom the Sun Shines


Queen Nefertari from her tomb (QV66, ca. 1255 BCE)

Transcription and translation of the texts from the walls of Nefertari’s tomb (QV66)

Transcription and translation of the texts from the walls of Nefertari’s tomb (QV66), translated into Chinese

B. The Cat Sarcophagus

The Sarcophagus of Ta-miut (the She-Cat), the Cat of Crown Prince DHwti-ms (Tuthmosis), the eldest son of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye (d. ca. 1350 BCE).



imAxy.t xr Ta-mi(w).t
The honored one before Tamuit (the She-Cat).

Transcription and translation of the texts from the Sarcophagus of Tamuit

C. Mawangdui 馬王堆

Imagining the Afterlife Journey


The Sun Crow and a Dragon from Lady Dai's T-shaped Banner (ca. 168 BCE)

Description and Images from Tombs 1 and 3 at Mawangdui (ca. 168 BCE)

Some of the more fun and funky basslines, I’ve played over the years in various bands, transcribed for educational use (not for sale).
More Transcriptions loaded each summer, when I’m not swamped with reading and translating the classics.

These Bass Transcriptions inculde:
Funk Bass Transcriptions of Bootsy Collins
Transcriptions of Basslines by other James Brown Bassists such as Tim Drummond, Charles Sherrell, and Bernard Odum
Bass Transcriptions of Billy Cox, the funky bassist with Jimi Hendrix on “Dolly Dagger” and “Izabella”
Complete Transcriptions of Paul McCartney's Bass Parts on Abbey Road
Reggae Bass Transcriptions of Robbie Shakespeare
Bass Transcription of the “Barney Miller Theme”

Basslines

Epigraphy of Ramsund Carving
(Source Wikipedia, Nordisk familjebok, Public Domain)

A short pdf on Runes:
Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation, as well as Some Thoughts on Using Runes to Write Modern English

1. Part I. Runes
   Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation
   
   1. Futharks and Futhorcs
      
   2. Complete Older Futharks: Epigraphic Evidence
      
      1. Kylver stone
         
      2. Vadstena Bracteate and Motala Bracteate
         
      3. The Grumpan Bracteate
         
   3. Partial Older Futharks from the Continent
      
      1. Charnay fibula
         
      2. Breza marble column
         
   4. The Anglo-Saxon Futhorc
      
      1. Seax of Beagnoth
         
   5. Runica Manuscripta: The English Tradition
      
      1. Cotton MS. Domitian A 9
         
      2. Cotton MS. Otho B 10
         
      3. Cotton MS. Galba A 2
         
      4. Oxford MS. St John's College 17
         
   6. Continental Runica Manuscripta
      
      1. Vienna MS. 795
         
      2. St. Gall MS. 878
         
   7. Addendum: Ruthwell Cross
      
2. Part II. Using Runes to Write Modern English
   Problems and Suggestions about Using Runic Letters to Write Modern (American) English. Notes on Tolkien’s use of runes, etymology, pronunciation, and orthography.
   
3. Appendix: Chart for writing Modern English with Roman Letters, Runic Equivalents, IPA Equivalents, and Examples
   
4. Bibliography

All of the titles on this website were written by myself in small seal script.
Notice the characters for Autumn and Seagull surrounding “Yokoiscool” at the top of this page.

My style is based on the bloopy characters of the exceptional calligrapher, Li Yangbing, a high ranking official during the Tang dynasty, and the uncle of the poet Li Bai. Here is a section on his life, calligraphy, and a comparison of his style (which I hope to add one day) with the writing that is found in Warring States inscriptions, Qin dynasty inscriptions (when small seal was supposedly standardized), as well as the characters in the Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字 written during the East Han period, which purports to record authentic Zhou dynasty characters (This section will also, it is hoped, have the opportunity to try to analyze this claim).

My zhuanshu version of “Jinse” 錦瑟 by Li Shangyin 李商隱.

The Skjöldung genealogy in the Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum

The lost Skjöldunga saga (c. 1180 – 1200) focusing on the Skjöldung rulers of Denmark, paraphrased in a Latin abstract by the Icelandic humanist Arngrímur Jónsson (1568-1648), Rerum Danicarum Fragmenta, with an appendix entitled Ad catalogum R.R. Sveciæ, completed in 1596.

Go to the Skjöldunga saga index

Including Skjöldunga saga Analogues (primary sources with translations) and Genealogical Charts and Indices

Coming Soon

Note on copyright of works about the Southern Shaolin, excerpted on this website:
All these works were written before 1923 and are therefore public domain.

The two exceptions being the work of Ward and Stirling published in 1925 and that of Morgan published in 1960. The copyright of Morgan's work is held by the Hong Kong government; I am not sure about what if any copyright Ward and Stirling's work possesses. Until resolving those issues and/or receiving permission, the excerpts from those two works, that I wish to put on this web site, will have to wait.

Secondly, all translations on this site of material in public domain, unless noted, are all my own. Any other material that I have quoted from any other sources should fall within fair use. If there are any questions, comments, or complaints, these can be emailed to me at benjamin@yokoiscool.com

Transcriptions of the basslines are for personal educational purposes only. They are provided free of charge and are not for sale. Please do not share these transcriptions on any other websites without my permission.

A pdf with a full list of translations of the Shiji in English, chapter by chapter, and where to find them.

Including translations by Burton Watson, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., Herbert J. Allen, Carl Arendt, Cyril Birch, Derk Bodde, Cheng Te-k'un, Mark Csikszentmihalyi, Benjamin Daniels, Raymond Dawson, Theodore De Bary and Irene Bloom, William Dolby and John Scott. J. J. L. Duyvendak, Herbert Allen Giles, Lionel Giles, Grant Hardy, Friedrich Hirth, Frank Algerton Kierman Jr., James Legge, W. K. Liao, Lin Yutang, James Liu, John Minford and Joseph S. M. Lau, Evan Morgan, Stephen Owen, Richard C. Rudolph, Shih, Vincent Y. C., Nancy Lee Swann, Arthur Waley, Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.

It might be telling that chapter 86, the "Biography of the Assassins" 刺客列傳, appears to be the chapter with the most English translations.

Coming Soon