Classical Fiction

38 books

Traces of Flowers and the Moon (Simplified Chinese Edition) (BookDNA Chinese Classics Series) cover
Traces of Flowers and the Moon (Simplified Chinese Edition) (BookDNA Chinese Classics Series) 魏秀仁 Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2013 Traces of Flowers and the Moon is a full-length serialized vernacular novel in the huizhang style by the Qing dynasty man of letters Wei Xiuren, runni…
The Tale of Five Beauties cover
The Tale of Five Beauties Anonymous The Tale of Five Beauties, whose full title is The Complete Story of the Five Beauties and which is also known as The Tale of Rebirth and The Chronicl…
Old Fiction: Biographies of Tang Figures (Volume One) cover
Old Fiction: Biographies of Tang Figures (Volume One) Liu Zongyuan This book is the first volume of the "Old Fiction" series, an anthology of classical-language fiction and biographical works centering on Tang dynasty…
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Fragrance of Another Kind Taoyuan Zuihua Zhuren Taiwan Britannica Co., Ltd. · 1994 Fragrant Encounters (Bie You Xiang) is a collection of vernacular short stories in the huaben style, compiled in the Ming dynasty by an author signing…
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Zhongqing Liji Qiu Jun Zhongqing Liji, also known as The Romance of Gu Lu and Li Yuniang, is a classical-language novella from the early Ming dynasty. It tells the story of …
The Root of Illness in the Grand View Garden: The Physical and Mental Predicaments of Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber cover
Rating 3.5
The Root of Illness in the Grand View Garden: The Physical and Mental Predicaments of Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber 李远达 People's Literature Publishing House · 2025 What illness did Lin Daiyu actually have? Is everyone in the Jia household truly healthy? How effective is the Cold Fragrance Pill? Taking these quest…
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In Search of the Supernatural Gan Bao / 马银琴 Zhonghua Book Company · 2012 In Search of the Supernatural (Soushen ji) is a collection of tales of the strange and supernatural compiled by Gan Bao, a historian and man of letter…
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Complete Edition with Full Annotations, Translation, and Color Illustrations) cover
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Complete Edition with Full Annotations, Translation, and Color Illustrations) Pu Songling Hunan Yuelu Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi) is a collection of classical Chinese short stories written by the Qing dynasty man of letters Pu …
Old Fiction: A Compendium of Classical and Modern Prose (Qing Dynasty Volume, Part Two) cover
Old Fiction: A Compendium of Classical and Modern Prose (Qing Dynasty Volume, Part Two) Wu Zengqi This book is one volume in the anthology series Old Fiction, compiled by the Republican-era scholar Wu Zengqi. Entitled A Compendium of Classical and …
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Boya Library 张明华 / Xu Dajun / Zhang Xingwu / Wan Qingchuan / 张毅 / Cai Yanfeng / 王瑜瑜 / Li Shijin / 冯保善 / Guan Siping People's Literature Publishing House The "Boya Library" is an academic series on classical Chinese literature published by People's Literature Publishing House. Most volumes present speci…
Old Fiction: Collected Works of Famous Writers Through the Ages (Song Dynasty Volume, Part Two) cover
Old Fiction: Collected Works of Famous Writers Through the Ages (Song Dynasty Volume, Part Two) Wu Zengqi This book is the second half of the Song Dynasty volume in the "Old Fiction: Collected Works of Famous Writers Through the Ages" series. It is a Kindl…
A Library of China's Ten Sole-Extant Novels cover
Rating 3.3
A Library of China's Ten Sole-Extant Novels 吉吴娥川主人 Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 Rare editions carry high value for textual scholarship, reading, research and collecting. Drawing on this, The Library of China's Ten Rarest Novels, c…
A Study of Story Types and Dissemination in Yijian Zhi cover
Rating 3.6
A Study of Story Types and Dissemination in Yijian Zhi 王瑾 Jinan University Press · 2025 Records of Yijian is a collection of strange tales that exerted a profound influence on later literature. Taking its story types as its object of stud…
Novel China: Ancient Novels and Readers cover
Rating 3.5
Novel China: Ancient Novels and Readers 蔡亚平 Jinan University Press · 2025 This book is one volume in the "Novel China" series published by Jinan University Press. Drawing on rich and substantial materials, it examines the re…
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction cover
Rating 4.8
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction Lu Xun Sino-Culture Press · 2025 A Brief History of Chinese Fiction is the pioneering work in the study of Chinese fiction history, originally lecture notes from Lu Xun's courses at P…
Appreciation Dictionary of Tang Dynasty Tales cover
Rating 4.4
Appreciation Dictionary of Tang Dynasty Tales Compilation Center of Literary Appreciation Dictionaries, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2024 Tang chuanqi refers to the classical-language tales written by Tang-dynasty authors, complete in plot and delicate in description, whose representativ…
Selected Tales of Ancient Chinese Customs cover
Rating 3.0
Selected Tales of Ancient Chinese Customs Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture has a long and profound intellectual history, distinguished by a high degree of originality, inventiveness and literary qu…
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Rating 3.2
Sequel to Records of the Strange Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early though…
Records of the Mysterious and Strange cover
Rating 4.3
Records of the Mysterious and Strange 牛僧孺 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are especially di…
Sequel to the Five Younger Heroes cover
Rating 3.4
Sequel to the Five Younger Heroes Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture has a long intellectual history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Its early th…