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This is the fifth and final volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei is an anonymous sixteenth-century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who mainta

Author Biography:

David Tod Roy (1933-2016) was professor emeritus of Chinese literature at the University of Chicago. His monumental five-volume translation of the Chin P'ing Mei was completed in 2013.
Release date Australia
October 6th, 2015
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
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  • Edited and translated by David Tod Roy
Illustrations
40 line illus.
Pages
624
Dimensions
152x229x36
ISBN-13
9780691169835
Product ID
23078469

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