Wu Jingzi

Literati Identity and Its Fictional Representations in Late Imperial China
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Literati Identity and Its Fictional Representations in Late Imperial China

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This book is a study of the intellectual and literary factors that in the mid-Qing dynasty contributed to the development of vernacular fiction of unprecedented scholarly and satirical sophistication.

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Rulin Waishi and Cultural Transformation in Late Imperial China
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Rulin Waishi and Cultural Transformation in Late Imperial China

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Rulin waishi (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is more than a landmark in the history of the Chinese novel.

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Ameliorative Satire and the Seventeenth-century Chinese Novel, Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan-marriage as Retribution, Awakening the World
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Ameliorative Satire and the Seventeenth-century Chinese Novel, Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan-marriage as Retribution, Awakening the World

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Traditionally, scholars of Chinese literature have viewed Wu Jingzi’s The Scholars (ca. 1750) as the first satiric novel of Chinese literature. Yenna Wu (Chinese literature, … Read more