The plum in the golden vase, or, Chin P'ing Mei Volume two, The rivals / translated by David Tod Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xiaoxiaosheng.

Contributor:

Roy, David Tod, 1933-2016.

Series:

Princeton library of Asian translations.

Princeton library of Asian translations

Standardized Title:

Jin Ping Mei ci hua. English. (Roy). 2

金瓶梅词话. English. (Roy). 2

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279--Fiction.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (717 pages)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-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 narrative art--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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Chapter 21. Wu Yüeh-Niang Sweeps Snow in Order to Brew Tea; Ying Po-Chüeh Runs Errands on Behalf of Flowers

Chapter 22. Hsi-Men Ch'ing Secretly Seduces Lai-Wang's Wife; Ch'un-Mei Self-Righteously Denounces Li Ming

Chapter 23. Yü-Hsiao Acts as Lookout By Yüeh-Niang's Chamber; Chin-Lien Eavesdrops outside Hidden Spring Grotto

Chapter 24. Ching-Chi Flirts with a Beauty on the Lantern Festnal; Hui-Hsiang Angrily Hurls Abuse at Lai-Wang's Wife

Chapter 25. Hsüeh-o Secretly Divulges the Love Affair; Lai-Wang Drunkenly Vilifies Hsi-Men Ch'ing

Chapter 26. Lai-Wang is Sent under Penal Escort to Hso-Chou; S Ung Hui-Lien is Shamed into Committing Suicide

Chapter 27. Li P'ing-erh Communicates a Secret in the Kingfisher Pavilion; P'an Chin-lien Engages in a Drunken Orgy under the Grape Arbor

Chapter 28. Ch'en Ching-chi Teases Chin-lien about a Shoe; Hsi-men Ch'ing Angrily Beats Little Iron Rod

Chapter 29. Immortal wu physiognomizes the exalted and the humble; p'an chin-lien enjoys a midday battle in the bathtub

Chapter 30. Lai-pao escorts the shipment of birthday gifts; hsi-men ch'ing begets a son and gains an office

Chapter 31. Ch'in-fung conceals a flagon after spying on yü-hsiao; hsi-men ch'ing holds a feast and drinks celebratory wine

Chapter 32. Li kuei-chieh adopts a mother and is accepted as a daughter; ying po-chüeh cracks jokes and dances attendance on success

Chapter 33. Ch'en ching-chi loses his keys and is distrained to. sing; han tao-kuo liberates his wife to compete for admiration

Chapter 34. Shu-t'ung relies upon his favor to broker affairs; p'ing-an harbors resentment and wags his tongue

Chapter 35. Harboring resentment hsi-men ch'ing punishes p'ing-an; playing a female role shu-t'ung entertains hangers-on

Chapter 36. Chai ch'ien sends a letter asking for a young girl; hsi-men ch'ing patronizes principal graduate ts'ai

Chapter 37. Old mother feng urges the marriage of han ai-chieh; hsi-men ch'ing espouses wang liu-erh as a mistress

Chapter 38. Hsi-men ch'ing subjects trickster han to the third degree; p'an chin-lien on a snowy evening toys with her p'i-p'a

Chapter 39. Hsi-men ch'ing holds chiao rites at the temple of the jade emperor; wu yüeh-niang listens to buddhist nuns reciting their sacred texts

Chapter 40. Holding her boy in her arms li p'ing-erh curries favor; dressing up as a maidservant chin-lien courts affection

Appendix. Translations of supplementary material

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Contains:

Translation of: 笑笑生. 金瓶梅词话

ISBN:

9780691126197

0691126194

9781400847624

1400847621

OCLC:

845252802