The magic peaches, 1995-1997, 2000, 2004, undated

Consists of correspondence, reference materials and drafts related to “The magic peaches”, which is an English translation of a Ming zaju (明雜劇) by David Hawkes contributed as a book chapter to Sino-Asiatica (2002), a Festschrift honouring Liu T’sun-yan (柳存仁). Arranged chronologically.

• Items 1-20:

－Letter from R.R.C de Crespigny to David Hawkes. 24 October 1995. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On inviting David to contribute to the Festschrift for Liu Ts'un-yan（柳存仁）. Attached with: Invitees/Acceptances to Festschrift for Professor Liu Ts'un-yan. October 1995. 1 sheet. Printout (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Rafe de Crespigny. 31st January 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On contributing a piece of translation in lieu of an article for the symposium celebrating the eightieth birthday of Liu Ts'un-yan. With duplicate copy

－Letter from Margaret to David and Jean. 5th February 1996. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On sending enclosed table of contents. Enclosed with:《盛明雜劇》目次、二集目次及版權頁。排印本 10 張（影印本）。北京：中國戲劇出版社，1958 (Note 2)

－Letter from R.R.C de Crespigny to David Hawkes. 22 February 1996. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On the schedule of preparing the collected papers to Liu Ts'un-yan. Enclosed with: Letter from R.R.C. de Crespigny to John Minford. 22 February 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On finding a copy of Liu Ts'un-yan's novel《青春》for David and John , and asking about Ben Penny (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Rafe de Crespigny. 28th February 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On explaining why eventually translated selected part of "Pan tao hui" (The Peaches of Immortality) instead of a translation of the novel《青春》

－Note from Tony & Margaret. 7/3/96. 1 sheet ; 10 x 21 cm. Printout. On sending table of contents for reference. Enclosed with: Cover and table of contents of, Introduction à l'alchimie intérieure taoïste De l'unité et de la multiplicité. Isabelle Robinet. 3 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Paris : Les Éditions du Cerf, 1995 (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to John Minford. 9th March 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On translating novel《青春》, "Pan tao hui" for the Festschrift of Liu Ts'un-yan, and "our" chapters

－Letter from Rafe de Crespigny to David. 21 March 1996. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On answering David's editorial questions. Attached with:《全明雜劇一六八種》。排印本 2 張（影印本）。初版。台北：鼎文書局，1979 。頁 4-5, 7890-[7891] (Note 2)

－Letter from Brian Holton to David Hawkes. 18th June 1996. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On talking about the Yongle (永樂) Emperor in Ming dynasty, elixir, and suggesting some reference books (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Rafe de Crespigny. 7th July 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On asking if Rafe could deal with Chinese characters in the English text. With handwritten notes

－Letter from David Hawkes to Jacques. 9th July 1996. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On the music instrument "魚鼓簡子" and the plan to Paris

－Letter from R.R.C de Crespigny to David Hawkes. 5 August 1996. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On David's birthday piece for Liu Ts'un yan（柳存仁）and the recent status of Liu (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Rafe de Crespigny. 15th August 1996. 1 sheet. Printout. On two corrections in the translation of "The magic peaches" for Liu Ts'un yan（柳存仁）. With handwritten Chinese

－Letter from Rafe de Crespigny to David Hawkes. 16 December 97. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On the plan of publishing the collection of essays for celebrating Liu Ts'un-yan's birthday (Note 2)

－Letter from Rafe de Crespigny to colleague. 29 November 2000. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. Subject: Festschrift for Professor Liu Ts'un-yan. On enclosing preliminary page proofs and asking to prepare an index based upon the page numbers (Note 2)

－Email from David Hawkes to Rafe de Crespigny. 13 December 2000. 1 sheet. Printout. Subject: Fw: Corrections for Magic Peaches. On sending corrections after finishing proof-reading of Magic Peaches. Pages 1-2

－Postcard from Bill Dolby to David Hawkes. 1 card. Holograph, signed. On expressing thanks for the book. Post stamp: 15-VII 2004 (Note 2)

－Letter from David McMullen to David Hawkes. 20. vii. 2004. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On expressing thanks for the book "Sino-Asiatica" and sending David an off-print of an article on Du Fu（杜甫）(Note 2)

－Letter to David Hawkes. March 4. 1 sheet. Holograph. On receiving the novel《青春》sent by Rafe and talking about the progress on "our" chapters (Note 2)

－Letter from Jacques to David. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On the music instrument "魚鼓" and Jacques's travel plan. With a drawing on the gesture of playing the instrument (Note 2)

• Items 21-30:

－Letter from David Hawkes to Margaret (draft). 1 sheet. Holograph. On 周憲王朱有燉 and《古今雜劇》

－The magic peaches (draft). 14 sheets. Printout. Includes scenes 1-3 and notes. With handwritten Chinese and corrections (Note 2)

－The magic peaches : a birthday playlet for Professor Liu. David Hawkes. 10 sheets. Printout (photocopy). From the book "Sino-Asiatica : papers dedicated to Professor Liu Ts'un-yan on the occasion of his Eighty-fifth Birthday" (Note 2)

－Corrigenda of The magic peaches. 1 sheet. Printout. On errors in the contribution made to the book "Sino-Asiatica : papers dedicated to Professor Liu Ts'un-yan on the occasion of his Eighty-fifth Birthday". With duplicate copies

－Notes on The magic peaches. 10 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm - 33 x 23 cm. Holograph. Notes on the English translation and reference materials of The magic peaches

－Science and civilisation in China. Joseph Needham. 12 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Includes title and content pages of Volume 5, part II to V. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1974- . With handwritten notes (Note 2)

－群仙慶壽蟠桃會。國朝周誠齋撰。木刻本 15 張 （影印本）。頁 1451-1479。有手寫筆記 (Note 2)

－《孤本元明雜劇》。排印本 18 張 （影印本）。包括：1)《孤本元明雜劇》第 11 冊封面、版權頁。2) 〈東華仙三度十長生〉。明周憲王朱有燉。3) 〈呂洞賓花月神仙會〉。明周憲王朱有燉。初版。長沙：商務印書館，民 37 [1941] (Note 2)

－《青春》。柳存仁。排印本 40 張 （影印本）。包括《青春》序、目錄及第 1 至 3 章。頁 [1-4], 1-75。序：一九六八・ 三・ 十一 (Note 2)

－History of Chinese drama : song and Jin plays. William Dolby. 4 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Pages 20-27. With handwritten notes (Note 2)