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Fiction criticism has a long and influential history in pre-modern China, where critics would read and reread certain novels with a concentration and fervor far exceeding that which most Western critics give to individual works. This volume, a source book for the study of traditional Chinese fiction criticism from the late sixteenth to the early tw



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. ix*EDITOR'S PREFACE, pg. xiii*I. Traditional Chinese Fiction Criticism, pg. 3*II. Chin Sheng-t'an on How to Read the Shuihu chuan (The Water Margin), pg. 124*III. Mao Tsung-kang on How to Read the Sankuo yen-i (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms), pg. 146*IV. Chang Chu-p'o on How to Read the Chin P'ing Met (The Plum in the Golden Vase), pg. 196*V. The Wo-hsien ts'ao-t'ang Commentary on the Ju-Hn wai-shih (The Scholars), pg. 244*VI. Liu I-ming on How to Read the Hsi-yu chi (The Journey to the West), pg. 295*VII. Chang Hsin-chih on How to Read the Hung-lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber), pg. 316*Appendixes, pg. 341*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, pg. 367*LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, pg. 488*INDEX, pg. 491

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691606712, 978-0691606712
      ISBN10: 0691606714
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Fiction criticism has a long and influential history in pre-modern China, where critics would read and reread certain novels with a concentration and fervor far exceeding that which most Western critics give to individual works. This volume, a source book for the study of traditional Chinese fiction criticism from the late sixteenth to the early tw



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. ix*EDITOR'S PREFACE, pg. xiii*I. Traditional Chinese Fiction Criticism, pg. 3*II. Chin Sheng-t'an on How to Read the Shuihu chuan (The Water Margin), pg. 124*III. Mao Tsung-kang on How to Read the Sankuo yen-i (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms), pg. 146*IV. Chang Chu-p'o on How to Read the Chin P'ing Met (The Plum in the Golden Vase), pg. 196*V. The Wo-hsien ts'ao-t'ang Commentary on the Ju-Hn wai-shih (The Scholars), pg. 244*VI. Liu I-ming on How to Read the Hsi-yu chi (The Journey to the West), pg. 295*VII. Chang Hsin-chih on How to Read the Hung-lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber), pg. 316*Appendixes, pg. 341*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, pg. 367*LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, pg. 488*INDEX, pg. 491

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