Laou-seng-urh, or, "An heir in his old age"
Subtitle: a Chinese drama
Contributors: Davis, John Francis, 1795-1890
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, the Corvey Collection, 1790-1840; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, the Corvey Collection, 1790-1840
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1817
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Chinese drama; History and criticism
Other titles: Heir in his old age
Notes: "The comedy of ʻAn heir in his old age,  ̕is taken from the same collection [Yüan jên pai chung chʻü] as that of the Orphan of Chao. It is the translation of Mr. Davis."--Advertisement, by the editor.

This piece is the 22d in the collection, which comprises 100 dramas of the Mongol dynasty. cf. Cordier, H. Bibl. sinica. 1881, v. 1, col. 821.

"A brief view of the Chinese drama, and of their theatrical exhibitions": xlix p.

Attributed to Han-Chin Wu.