Plum shadows and Plank Bridge : two memoirs about courtesans

Author(s)

• Mao, Xiang
• Yu, Huai
• Li, Wai-yee

Bibliographic Information

Plum shadows and Plank Bridge : two memoirs about courtesans

by Mao Xiang and Yu Huai ; translated and edited by Wai-Yee Li

（Translations from the Asian classics）

Columbia University Press, [2020] , , c2020

• : paperback

Note

Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction. Courtesans in Chinese history
• Writing about courtesans
• Note on translation
• Reminiscences of the Plum Shadows Convent / Mao Xiang
• Miscellaneous records of Plank Bridge / Yu Huai
• Two famous courtesans

Details

• NCID: BD13095140
• ISBN:
  • 9780231186858
• LCCN: 2019023901
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: chi
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: XXXI, 328 pages
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ250.A5
  • DC23 : 306.740951/09032
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Courtesans -- China -- History -- 17th century
  • LCSH : Courtesans in literature
  • LCSH : Mao, Xiang, 1611-1693 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Yu, Huai, 1616-1696 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA21184743