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Censored by Confucius
Language: zh-CN
Pages: 270
Authors: 袁枚
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

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The 18th-century Chinese poet, Yuan Mei, also wrote some short fiction - "Censored by Confucius" - which is reproduced here. The stories offer insights into the
Censored by Confucius
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Mei Yuan
Categories: LITERARY CRITICISM
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

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Zibuyu, “What The Master Would Not Discuss”, according to Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798): A Collection of Supernatural Stories (2 vols)
Language: en
Pages: 1312
Authors: Paolo Santangelo
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-04 - Publisher: BRILL

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Although the preface says that the tales in this collection of supernatural stories should not be taken seriously and just aim to dispel boredom, Zibuyu is a wo
Vignettes from the Late Ming
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors:
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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This anthology presents seventy translated and annotated short essays, or hsiao-p’in, by fourteen well-known sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Chinese writer
Demystifying China
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Naomi Standen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms such as footbinding or mass slaugh