The Courtesan's Jewel Box by Gladys Yang, Xianyi Yang

The Courtesan's Jewel Box

Gladys Yang, Xianyi Yang

556 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
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This is a selection of popular Chinese stories from the 10th to 17th centuries. These stories were written in the spoken language that developed as a literary medium after the emergence of an urban commercial economy in the Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-...

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