The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei
Language: English | EPUB | ISBN-10: 0691016143, 0691126194, 0691150184, 0691150435, 0691157715 | 1997-2013 | 520, 720, 776, 1032, 624 pages | 82 MB
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.