(Library of Chinese Classics)Selected Tang Dynasty Stories

唐代传奇选

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Author: Shen Jiji and others
Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 9787119044217
2008; Hardcover;240*160mm;289 pages

The genre know as chuanqi, or short stories of the Tang Dynasty (618-906), was a vehicle for writers of those days to express their thoughts and feelings by recounting the adventures and destinies of characters. The social life and human feelings described in the stories aroused people's interest and sympathetic response, and gained for them a huge popular following. Particular favorites down the centuries were such masterpieces as Ren the Fox Fairy, The Dragon King's Daughter and Price Huo's Daughter, and these, among others, were also adapted into the forms of local operas and later vernacular fiction. English and Japanese translations of many of these stories have also appeared. As part of efforts to sustain China's fine cultural heritage, we have selected ten chuanqi masterpieces and presented them in the form of original texts followed by modern Chinese and English translations. The translations strive to be accurate and smooth, to enable readers to better appreciate this important aspect of ancient Chinese culture while gaining pleasure from reading these absorbing tales.

Table of Contents

•The White Monkey
• Ren The Fox Fairy
• The Dragon King's Daughter
• Prince Huo's Daughter
• Governor of the Southern Tributary State
• Story of a Singsong Girl
• Wu-Shuang the Peerless
• The Spendthrift and the Alchemist
•The Kunlun Slave
• The Man with the Curly Beard

 


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