Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-600).

Preliminary Material / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Introduction to Feng Menglong’s Mountain Songs (Shan’ge) / Ōki Yasushi -- “Secret Loves”.Folk Love Songs From Ming China / Paolo Santangelo -- Chapter One. ●山歌•卷一 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Two. ●山歌•卷二 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Three. ●山歌•卷三 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Four. ●山歌•卷四 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Five. ●山歌•卷五 “Miscellaneous Songs In Fourlines” 雜歌四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Six. ●山歌•卷六 “On Objects In Four Lines”詠物四句 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Chapter Seven. ●山歌•卷七 “On Secret Loves In Various Styles” 私情雜體 / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo -- Glossary / Paolo Santangelo -- Bibliography / Y. Oki and P. Santangelo.

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Mountain Songs is a collection of folk songs edited by the famous writer Feng Menglong (1574-1646). By this innovative work - mainly written in the Suzhou dialect - he aimed to revitalize poetry through the power of popular songs. This collection is very significant to the understanding of the characters of the mobile society of Jiangnan and the vitality of its intellectual world. The songs deal with the lives of common people: women, often prostitutes, boatmen, peasants, hunters, fishers and paddlers. Their spirit is far from the orthodox moral intents that Zhu Xi advocated for interpreting the Shijing, and their language is often vulgar and full of crude expressions or salacious double meanings and contains allusions to sexual and erotic behaviour.