The romance of the western chamber
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The romance of the western chamber
(Unesco collection of representative works, Chinese series)
Columbia University Press, 1968
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Hsi hsiang chi
Western chamber
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Hsi hsiang chi
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Note
Generally ascribed to Wang. Earlier it was believed that Wang wrote the first four parts and Kwang Han-chʿing wrote the Continuation. The theme is based on the short story by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. Cf. p. xxii and xxxviii
Half title: (Hsi hsiang chi) Hsiung Shih-i i
A reprint of the 1936 ed., with a new introd. by C.T. Hsia
"Reissued for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics."
Appendix (p. 271-[281]):--The story of Tsʿui Ying-ying, by Yüan Chên (779-831 A.D.)