The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei: The Gathering
, by Roy, David TodNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780691016146 | 0691016143
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/17/1997
In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famousChin 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.