The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four

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, who

Acesta este al patrulea si penultimul volum din celebra traducere a lui David Roy a unuia dintre cele mai faimoase si importante romane din literatura chineza. Pruna in vaza de aur sau Chin P'ing Mei este o opera anonima din secolul al XVI-lea care se concentreaza pe viata domestica a lui Hsi-men Ch'ing, un negustor corupt, in ascensiune sociala, dintr-un oras de provincie, care