The Golden Lotus,Volume 3 A Translation, from the Chinese Original, of the Novel Chin P'Ing Mei - Volume III. (Chinese Classics in English series)

Egerton, Clement (translator)

Published by Chinese Classics in English, New York circa 1960, 1960

About this Item

Jin Ping Mei (Chinese: é ç" 梅)â "translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotusâ "is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1368â "1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, it was published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (è é µç ç ç" ), "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," but the only clue to the actual identity is that the author hailed from Lanling County in present-day Shandong. The novel circulated in manuscript as early as 1596, and may have undergone revision up to its first printed edition in 1610. The most widely read recension, edited and published with commentaries by Zhang Zhupo in 1695, deleted or rewrote passages important in understanding the author's intentions. he explicit depiction of sexuality garnered the novel a notoriety akin to Lady Chatterley's Lover and Lolita in the West, but critics such as the translator David Tod Roy see a firm moral structure which exacts retribution for the sexual libertinism of the central characters. We also have for sale Volume 4 in a matching edition. Renaissance 16thc to 17thc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. v + 385. 3 volumes of the 4-volume set. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Chinese Literature; Novels; Chinese Classics; China; 16th Century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 5063. Seller Inventory # 5063

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Golden Lotus,Volume 3 A Translation, ...

Publisher: Chinese Classics in English, New York circa 1960

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Hardcover (Original Red Cloth)

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Thus.