| Description |
1 online resource (lxvii, 959 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Princeton library of Asian translations |
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Princeton library of Asian translations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-894) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CAST OF CHARACTERS; CHAPTER 61: Han Tao-kuo Prepares an Entertainment for Hsi-men Ch'ing; Li P'ing-erh Painfully Observes the Double Yang Festival; CHAPTER 62: Taoist Master P'an Performs an Exorcism on the Lantern Altar; Hsi-men Ch'ing Laments Egregiously on Behalf of Li P'ing-erh; CHAPTER 63: Friends and Relatives Offer Funeral Oblations at a Memorial Feast; Hsi-men Ch'ing Is Reminded of Li P'ing-erh While Watching a Drama; CHAPTER 64: Yü-hsiao Kneels in Making an Appeal to P'an Chin-lien. |
| Summary |
This is the fourth and penultimate volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei is an anonymous sixteenth-century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. The novel, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of the narrative art form--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context. Wri. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Song Dynasty (China) (OCoLC)fst01696776
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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Languages & Literatures.
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East Asian Languages & Literatures.
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| Chronological Term |
960-1279
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Roy, David Tod, 1933-2016, translator.
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| Added Title |
Jin Ping Mei ci hua. English
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Chin P'ing Mei |
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Climax |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Xiaoxiaosheng. Plum in the golden vase, or, Chin P'ing Mei. Volume four, The climax. Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691150437 (OCoLC)687685958 |
| ISBN |
9781400838585 (electronic bk.) |
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1400838584 (electronic bk.) |
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