Author: S. I. Hsiung
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000583597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This play, first published in 1935, is a classic love story first written in the thirteenth century, and came to be seen in China as the play. It was banned by the authorities, yet ran into thousands of editions and no classical scholar would fail to recite these very passages because of the beauty of the language. It contains much useful information about life in China at the time, as well as the relationship between cultural traditions.
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi)
Author: S. I. Hsiung
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000583597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This play, first published in 1935, is a classic love story first written in the thirteenth century, and came to be seen in China as the play. It was banned by the authorities, yet ran into thousands of editions and no classical scholar would fail to recite these very passages because of the beauty of the language. It contains much useful information about life in China at the time, as well as the relationship between cultural traditions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000583597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This play, first published in 1935, is a classic love story first written in the thirteenth century, and came to be seen in China as the play. It was banned by the authorities, yet ran into thousands of editions and no classical scholar would fail to recite these very passages because of the beauty of the language. It contains much useful information about life in China at the time, as well as the relationship between cultural traditions.
The Romance of the Western Chamber
The Romance of the Western Chamber
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi)
Author: Shifu Wang
Publisher: New York : Liveright Pub., Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Based on an short story (thought to be autobiographical) written by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. It tells of Ts'ui Ying-Ying, a young woman of extraordinary beauty with whom Mr Chang becomes infatuated after he rescues her and her mother from bandits.There are four parts, each with four so-called acts, and a "Continuation" (also four acts) which provides a happy ending and is believed to have been added at a later date. There is apparently a shorter version available, which would last about two and a quarter hours in performance.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Pub., Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Based on an short story (thought to be autobiographical) written by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. It tells of Ts'ui Ying-Ying, a young woman of extraordinary beauty with whom Mr Chang becomes infatuated after he rescues her and her mother from bandits.There are four parts, each with four so-called acts, and a "Continuation" (also four acts) which provides a happy ending and is believed to have been added at a later date. There is apparently a shorter version available, which would last about two and a quarter hours in performance.
Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance (Tung Hsi-hsiang Chu-kung-tiao)
Author: Jieyuan Dong
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521208710
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Comprising 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, it is an elaboration of the Tang dynasty love story, "The Story of Ying-ying, " by Yuan Chen (779-831).
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521208710
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Comprising 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, it is an elaboration of the Tang dynasty love story, "The Story of Ying-ying, " by Yuan Chen (779-831).
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi).
Author: Hsi hsiang chi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Hsi Hsiang Chi)
Author: Shifu Wang
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781032245416
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781032245416
Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
Author: Victor H. Mair
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231109857
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1369
Book Description
Comprehensive yet portable, this account of the development of Chinese literature from the very beginning up to the present brings the riches of this august literary tradition into focus for the general reader. Organized chronologically with thematic chapters interspersed, the fifty-five original chapters by leading specialists cover all genres and periods of poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, with a special focus on such subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion upon literature, the role of women, and relationships with non-Sinitic languages and peoples.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231109857
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1369
Book Description
Comprehensive yet portable, this account of the development of Chinese literature from the very beginning up to the present brings the riches of this august literary tradition into focus for the general reader. Organized chronologically with thematic chapters interspersed, the fifty-five original chapters by leading specialists cover all genres and periods of poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, with a special focus on such subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion upon literature, the role of women, and relationships with non-Sinitic languages and peoples.
Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance
Author: Jieyuan Dong
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231101196
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"Composed of 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). But unlike the T'ang story, in which the lovers fail to marry each other, Master Tang's Western Chamber Romance ends with their wedding."--Cover.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231101196
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"Composed of 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). But unlike the T'ang story, in which the lovers fail to marry each other, Master Tang's Western Chamber Romance ends with their wedding."--Cover.
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Author: Jeannie Jinsheng Yi
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
ISBN: 0966542177
Category : Dreams in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
BOOK DESCRIPTION Although dreams have been studied in great depth about this most influential classic Chinese fiction, the study of all the dreams as a sequence and in relation to their structural functions in the allegory is undertaken for the first time in this book. Major topics include: Dream Sequence as the Narrative Framework; The Co-existence of Dream and Reality; Discourse on Love: Daguanyuan and Its Literary Lineage; Medieval Allegory: Its Origin and Its Representation; Dream as Representation of Allegory: The Roman de la Rose and Honglou meng. THE AUTHOR Jeannie Jinsheng Yi earned her Ph.D. degree in Asian Studies from Washington University. Author of several books in both English and Chinese, she has been writing extensively on topics related to China and Asia.
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
ISBN: 0966542177
Category : Dreams in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
BOOK DESCRIPTION Although dreams have been studied in great depth about this most influential classic Chinese fiction, the study of all the dreams as a sequence and in relation to their structural functions in the allegory is undertaken for the first time in this book. Major topics include: Dream Sequence as the Narrative Framework; The Co-existence of Dream and Reality; Discourse on Love: Daguanyuan and Its Literary Lineage; Medieval Allegory: Its Origin and Its Representation; Dream as Representation of Allegory: The Roman de la Rose and Honglou meng. THE AUTHOR Jeannie Jinsheng Yi earned her Ph.D. degree in Asian Studies from Washington University. Author of several books in both English and Chinese, she has been writing extensively on topics related to China and Asia.