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Golden Lotus Volume 1

Author : Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780804847766
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Golden Lotus Volume 1 written by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." —Pearl S. Buck A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age, it has also been denigrated as a "dirty" book for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a wealthy, young, dissolute, and politically connected merchant, and his marriage to a fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, literally "Golden Lotus." In her desire to influence her husband and, through him, control the other wives, concubines, and entire household, she uses sex as her main weapon. The Golden Lotus lays bare the rivalries within this wealthy family while chronicling its rise and fall. It fields a host of vivid characters, each seeking advantage in a corrupt world. The author of The Golden Lotus is Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, whose name, a pseudonym, means "Scoffing Scholar of Lanling." His great work, written in the late Ming but set in the Song Dynasty, is a virtuoso collection of voices and vices, mixing in poetry and song and sampling different social registers, from popular ballads to the language of bureaucrats, in order to recreate and comment mordantly on the society of the time. This edition features a new introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who situates the novel for contemporary readers and explains its greatness as the first single-authored novel in the Chinese tradition. This translation contains the complete, unexpurgated text as translated by Clement Egerton with the assistance of Shu Qingchun, later known as Lao She, one of the most prominent Chinese writers of the twentieth century. The translation has been pinyinized and corrected.

The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei

Author : Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691126197
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei written by Xiaoxiaosheng and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A five-volume translation of the classic sixteenth-century Chinese novel on the domestic life of a corrupt merchant.

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691169829
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel 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. This complete and annotated translation aims to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth.

The Plum in the Golden Vase, Or, Chin Pʻing Mei

Author : Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691070773
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase, Or, Chin Pʻing Mei written by Xiaoxiaosheng and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A five-volume translation of the classic sixteenth-century Chinese novel on the domestic life of a corrupt merchant.

Obscene Things

Author : Naifei Ding
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383446
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Things written by Naifei Ding and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Obscene Things Naifei Ding intervenes in conventional readings of Jin Ping Mei, an early scandalous Chinese novel of sexuality and sexual culture. After first appearing around 1590, Jin Ping Mei was circulated among some of China’s best known writers of the time and subsequently was published in three major recensions. A 1695 version by Zhang Zhupo became the most widely read and it is this text in particular on which Ding focuses. Challenging the preconceptions of earlier scholarship, she highlights the fundamental misogyny inherent in Jin Ping Mei and demonstrates how traditional biases—particularly masculine biases—continue to inform the concerns of modern criticism and sexual politics. The story of a seductive bondmaid-concubine, sexual opportunism, domestic intrigue, adultery and death, Jin Ping Mei has often been critiqued based on the coherence of the text itself. Concentrating instead on the processes of reading and on the social meaning of this novel, Ding looks at the various ways the tale has been received since its first dissemination, particularly by critiquing the interpretations offered by seventeenth-century Ming literati and by twentieth-century scholars. Confronting the gender politics of this “pornographic” text, she troubles the boundaries between premodern and modern readings by engaging residual and emergent Chinese gender and hierarchic ideologies.

The Plum in the Golden Vase, Or, Chin Pʻing Mei: The aphrodisiac

Author : Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691069326
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (693 download)

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A Dictionary of Chinese Literature

Author : Taiping Chang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191836183
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Chinese Literature written by Taiping Chang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Shi jing (Classic of Songs) of the eleventh century BC, to the to the wanglu wenxue (Internet literature) of the twenty-first century, this authoritative dictionary covers key terms relative to the study of Chinese literature, from antiquity to the present day. A-Z entries on key literary figures, trends, schools, movements, and literary collections are included, as well as detailed descriptions of traditional literary works, plays, dramas, stories, novels, and other main literary texts

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084763X
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel This is the first 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. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji (1010) and Don Quixote (1615), there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature. Although its importance in the history of Chinese narrative has long been recognized, the technical virtuosity of the author, which is more reminiscent of the Dickens of Bleak House, the Joyce of Ulysses, or the Nabokov of Lolita than anything in the earlier Chinese fiction tradition, has not yet received adequate recognition. This is partly because all of the existing European translations are either abridged or based on an inferior recension of the text. This translation and its annotation aim to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth.

Jin Ping Mei English Translations

Author : Lintao Qi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351060813
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Jin Ping Mei English Translations written by Lintao Qi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the English translations and adaptations of the sixteenth century classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Acclaimed the ‘No.1 Marvellous Book’ of the Ming dynasty, Jin Ping Mei was banned soon after its appearance, due to the inclusion of graphically explicit sexual descriptions. So far there have been more than a dozen English adaptations and translations of the novel. Working within the framework of descriptive translation studies, this book provides a translational history of the English versions of Jin Ping Mei, supported by various paratexts, including book covers, reviews, and archival materials. It also conducts textual comparisons to uncover the translation norms at work in the only two complete renditions, namely The Golden Lotus by Clement Egerton and The Plum in the Golden Vase by David Roy, respectively. The notions of agency, habitus and capital are introduced for the examination of the transference of linguistic, literary and cultural aspects of the two translations. The book represents the first systematic research effort on the English Translations of Jin Ping Mei. Given its pioneering status and interdisciplinary nature, the data, structure and findings of this book will potentially enrich the fields of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies and Book History.

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Three

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400837928
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Three written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel This is the third 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. Written during the second half of the sixteenth century and first published in 1618, The Plum in the Golden Vase is noted for its surprisingly modern technique. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji (ca. 1010) and Don Quixote (1605, 1615), there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature. Although its importance in the history of Chinese narrative has long been recognized, the technical virtuosity of the author, which is more reminiscent of the Dickens of Bleak House, the Joyce of Ulysses, or the Nabokov of Lolita than anything in earlier Chinese fiction, has not yet received adequate recognition. This is partly because all of the existing European translations are either abridged or based on an inferior recension of the text. This translation and its annotation aim to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth. Replete with convincing portrayals of the darker side of human nature, it should appeal to anyone interested in a compelling story, compellingly told.

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Two

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400847621
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Two written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel This is the second 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. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji (1010) and Don Quixote (1615), there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature. Although its importance in the history of Chinese narrative has long been recognized, the technical virtuosity of the author, which is more reminiscent of the Dickens of Bleak House, the Joyce of Ulysses, or the Nabokov of Lolita than anything in the earlier Chinese fiction tradition, has not yet received adequate recognition. This is partly because all of the existing European translations are either abridged or based on an inferior recension of the text. This translation and its annotation aim to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth.

The Plum in the Golden Vase, Or, Chin P_ing Mei: The gathering

Author : Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691016143
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase, Or, Chin P_ing Mei: The gathering written by Xiaoxiaosheng and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A five-volume translation of the classic sixteenth-century Chinese novel on the domestic life of a corrupt merchant.

Golden Lotus Volume 2

Author : Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462906311
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Golden Lotus Volume 2 written by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --Pearl S. Buck A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden Lotus (also known as The Plum in the Golden Vase) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese Literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age, this Chinese classic has also been denigrated for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a young, dissolute, and politically connected merchant, and his marriage to a fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, literally "Golden Lotus." In her desire to influence her husband and, through him, control the other wives, concubines, and entire household, she uses sex as her primary weapon. The Golden Lotus lays bare the rivalries within this wealthy family while chronicling its rise and fall. This great work of classic Chinese literature, from an author whose pseudonym means "Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," is a virtuoso collection of voices and vices, mixing in poetry and song. It samples different social registers from popular ballads to the language of bureaucrats to recreate and comment mordantly on the society of the time. Little-known in the west but utterly iconic amongst the Chinese classics in worldly circles, reading The Golden Lotus promises both an astute reflection on human tendencies and a sumptuous, intoxicating take on Chinese erotica. This new edition: Features a superb new introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains its importance as the first single-authored novel in the Chinese tradition Contains the complete, unexpurgated text as translated by Clement Egerton with the assistance of Shu Qingchun (later known as Lao She, one of the most prominent Chinese writers of the twentieth century) Ensures translation has been pinyinized and corrected for this new edition

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Five

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691169837
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Five written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth and final volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel This is the fifth and final 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. This complete and annotated translation aims to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth.

Golden Lotus a Translation of the Chinese Novel Chin Ping Mei

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ISBN 13 : 9789996490682
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (96 download)

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The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (873 download)

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The Joy Luck Club

Author : Amy Tan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143038092
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of mothers and daughters, now the focus of a new documentary Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir on Netflix Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.