by David Tod Roy (Translator)
Provides an 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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 720
Edition: abridged edition annotated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08 May 2006
ISBN 10: 0691126194
ISBN 13: 9780691126197