The romance of the western chamber.
By: Translated by S.I. Hsiung.
Contributors: Guan, Hanqing, ca. 1210-ca. 1298.; Yuan, Zhen, 779-831.; Hsiung, S. I. 1902-1991.
Series: UNESCO collection of representative works.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Other titles: Western chamber.
Notes: Generally ascribed to Wang. Earlier it was believed that Wang wrote the first four parts and Guan Hanqing wrote the Continuation. The theme is based on the short story by Yuan Zhen, a poet of the eighth century. Cf. p. xxii and xxxviii.
Half title: (Xi xiang ji) Xiong Shiyi yi.
A reprint of the 1936 ed., with a new introd. by C.T. Hsia.
"Reissued for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics."
Appendix (p. 271-[281]):--The story of Tsʻui Ying-ying, by Yüan Chen (779-831 A.D.)