Song Dynasty tales : a guided reader / Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Zhenjun, 1956- author, translator.

Wang, Jing, 1978 August 9- author, translator.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction--Song dynasty, 960-1279.

Chinese fiction.

Song Dynasty (China).

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Translated from the Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789813143272

9813143274

OCLC:

953746990

Publisher Number:

99972271691