Top Ten Prostitute Novels

Author: Lü Zhimin
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Publish Date: 1996-02-01
Features: "The Treasury of Exquisite Short Stories from Chinese History," its purpose is to provide general readers with a representative selection of outstanding works from the history of ancient Chinese short stories. To assist readers in their comprehension, we have invited scholars and experts to provide annotations, appreciations, and analyses for each work, with translations for classical Chinese texts. Ancient Chinese fiction has numerous classification methods. By linguistic form, it can be divided into classical Chinese fiction and vernacular fiction; by genre, it includes anecdotal fiction, legendary fiction, colloquial fiction, and serial fiction; by thematic content, there are even more classifications. This collection of ten tales of courtesans includes "The Tale of Xiao Yu," "The Tale of Li Wa," "The Biography of Li Shishi," "Yu Kui Betrays His Heart, Gui Ying Dies in Vengeance," "Du Shi Niang's Anger Drowns the Treasure Box," "Zhao Chun'er Brings Prosperity Back to Cao Village," "The Oil Seller's Monopoly Over the Flower Beauty," "General Hu's Clever Use of Hua Dieqing, Yu Cuiqiao Dies in Vengeance for Xu Ming Shan," "Tan Chuyu's Love in the Play, Liu Miao Gu's Death at the End of the Song," and "Su Xiaoxiao's Insight Recognizes Charming Flirtation."