Song Dynasty tales : a guided reader / Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang.
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- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2017]
- Summary:
- Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- 13th centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale. Book jacket.
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- 1 Qin Chun , "Supplementary Biography of Empress Zhao: the Flying Swallow" 1
- 2 Zhang Shi , "The Record of a Drifting Red Leaf" 33
- 3 Anonymous, "The Tale of the Plum-Blossom Consort" 55
- 4 Qin Chun , "The Record of Tan Yige" 79
- 5 Liu Shiyin , "The Record of Wang Youyu" 117
- 6 Anonymous, "An Unofficial Biography of Li Shishi" 145
- 7 Xia E , "The Tale of Wang Kui" 173
- 8 Yue Shi , "The Tale of Green Pearl" 199
- 9 Qiu Jun , "The Record of Lady Sun" 235
- 10 Liu Fu , "The Tale of Wang Ji" 259
- 11 Anonymous, "The Tale of Wang Shi" 283
- 12 Qian Yi , "The Black-Clothing State" 299.
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- Translated from the Chinese.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- OCLC:
- 953746990
- Publisher Number:
- 99972271691
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