The sea of regret
Subtitle: two turn-of-the-century Chinese romantic novels
By: translated by Patrick Hanan.
Contributors: Fu, Lin.; Wu, Chien-jen, 1866-1910.; Hanan, Patrick.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Translations into English.
Description: Published within a few months of each other in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the heated turn-of-the-century debate over the place of romantic and sexual love and passion in Chinese life. The Sea of Regret, which came to be the most popular short novel of this period, is a response to the less well-known but equally significant Stones in the Sea.

Taken together, this pair of novels provides a fascinating portrait of early twentieth-century China's struggle with its own cultural, ethical, and sexual redefinition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Stones in the sea / by Fu Lin; title: The sea of regret / by Wu Jianren.