The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax

by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng

Book Overview

The fourth volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel

This is the fourth and penultimate 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691169829
• ISBN13: 9780691169828
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 1032 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"