The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei
Volume One: The Gathering
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Far Eastern, Central & South American
| Author: | David Tod Roy | ISBN: | 9781400847631 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press | Publication: | May 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Tod Roy |
| ISBN: | 9781400847631 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication: | May 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Language: | English |
In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel 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. This work, 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.
In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel 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. This work, 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.
