The Romance of the Western Chamber
Author: Shih-fu Wang, fl.
Publisher: London : Methuen & Company, Limited
Published: 1935
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
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The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi)
Author: Shifu Wang
Publisher: New York : Liveright Pub., Corporation
Published: 1936
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on an short story (thought to be autobiographical) written by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. It tells of Ts'ui Ying-Ying, a young woman of extraordinary beauty with whom Mr Chang becomes infatuated after he rescues her and her mother from bandits.There are four parts, each with four so-called acts, and a "Continuation" (also four acts) which provides a happy ending and is believed to have been added at a later date. There is apparently a shorter version available, which would last about two and a quarter hours in performance.
Romance of the Western Chamber Or Hsi Hsiang Chi: a Play
Author: Hsiung
Publisher:
Published: 2004-07-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781844531493
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Author: Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher:
Published: 2022-05-18
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781032245379
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The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi)
Author: S. I. Hsiung
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-05-17
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1000583597
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This play, first published in 1935, is a classic love story first written in the thirteenth century, and came to be seen in China as the play. It was banned by the authorities, yet ran into thousands of editions and no classical scholar would fail to recite these very passages because of the beauty of the language. It contains much useful information about life in China at the time, as well as the relationship between cultural traditions.
Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance
The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature
Author: William H. Nienhauser
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 1108
ISBN-13: 9780253329837
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
Author: Victor H. Mair
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010-03-10
Total Pages: 1369
ISBN-13: 0231528515
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
Paradoxes of Traditional Chinese Literature
Author: Eva Hung
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789622015944
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a collection of nine articles on various paradoxical aspects of traditional Chinese literature. The literary works chosen for analysis range from the Tang dynasty to the late Qing. Besides providing new approaches to the well known classic authors such as Honglou Meng, Jin Ping Mei, Xixiang ji, and Liaozhai zhiyi, there are also detailed analysis of such diverse works as Liu Zongyuan's fiction, analogues of the Liu Yi story, lesser known versions of the play White Rabbit, as well as a number of late Qing fictions. Contributors to this volume include some of the most respected names in sinology today.
