13th century chinese literature
A01=Shi-fu Wang
Author_Shi-fu Wang
bandits
buddhist monastery
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Category=DSG
china
chinese culture
chinese dramatic works
chinese literature
civil service examination
consort
drama criticism
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eq_biography-true-stories
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eq_poetry
love comedy
lovers bible
marriage
oriole
parental approval
pining
poem
romance
romance of the western bower
secret love affair
secret union
star crossed lovers
student zhang
sun the flying tiger
tang dynasty
the story of the western wing
the west chamber
translated text
unfulfilled love
wang shifu
xixiangji
yuan dynasty
Product details
- ISBN 9780520201842
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 1995
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's "Xixiangji", or "The Story of the Western Wing", is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions.
Stephen H. West is Professor of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley. Wilt L. Idema is Professor of Chinese Languages and Literatures at Leiden University.
