The romance of the western chamber : (Xi xiang ji) / a chinese play written in the thirteenth century, translated by S.I. Hsiung, with a preface by Gordon Bottomley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Shifu, 1260-1316

Contributor:

Hsiung, S. I. (Shih I), 1902-1991.

Standardized Title:

Xi xiang ji. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Physical Description:

xxiii, 280 pages including frontispiece, 2 unnumbered pages including frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Western chamber

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen & Co., [1935]

Language Note:

Title and translator's name in Chinese on half-title.

Notes:

"It is generally believed that Wang Shih-fu wrote the first four parts and Kwang Han-ch'ing wrote the Continuation, but some say it is vice versa. And there are people who hold either that Wang or Kwang alone did the complete thing ... The theme is based upon a short story written by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century"--P. xviii.

"Appendix. The story of Ts'ui Ying-ying, by Yüan Chên (779-831 A.D.)": p. 271-[281].

OCLC:

40318425