Corruption in the Keys
β Scribed by Matthew Rief
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Chapter 21: Wu YΓΌeh-niang Sweeps Snow in Order to Brew Tea; Ying Po-chΓΌeh Runs Errands on Behalf of Flowers; Chapter 22: Hsi-men Ch'ing Secretly Seduces Lai-wang's Wife; Ch'un-mei Self-righteously Denounces Li Ming; Chapter 23: YΓΌ-hsiao Acts as Lookout by YΓΌeh-niang's Chamber; Chin-lien Eavesdrops outside Hidden Spring Grotto; Chapter 24: Ching-chi Flirts with a Beauty on the Lantern Festival; Hui-hsiang Angrily Hurls Abuse at Lai-wang's Wife.;In this second of a planned five-volume series, 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 His-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 narrative art--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji>
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