The Hsu-Tang Library presents authoritative and eminently readable
translations of classical Chinese literature, in bilingual
editions, ranging across three millennia and the entire Sinitic
world. The Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute by one of
China's most famous authors builds on earlier dramatic works that
had been inspired by the antics and travels of the Zhengde emperor
(posthumous title Wuzong; r. 1506-1521) of the Ming dynasty. The
Zhengde emperor was, despite his reign title ("Right Virtue"), a
dismal failure as emperor. His life was given over to the pursuit
of pleasure. When in Beijing he often left the palace in disguise
and roamed the city incognito. He also made several long and
elaborate trips to other parts of the empire, for instance one to
Nanjing and Yangzhou, and one to the cities of Datong and Taiyuan
in Shanxi. While these historical trips might have had a certain
military purpose, the popular imagination saw them as informed by a
search for beautiful women. In alternating prose and song, The
Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute tells the tale of the
emperor setting out for Datong in the disguise of a common soldier
after his evil genius Jiang Bin has told him about the beauty of
the three thousand courtesans in the red-light district of this
garrison town. This volume presents a fully annotated translation
of all twenty-eight chapters of the work, preceded by an
Introduction that provides context to the life and works of Pu
Songling, the genre of "rustic songs" to which the work belongs,
and the specific characteristics of the translated text.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| Translators: |
Wilt L. Idema
(Professor of Chinese Literature, Emeritus)
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-760630-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-19-760630-X |
| Barcode: |
9780197606308 |
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