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Inside chapter one of Huanxi Yuanjia. Huanxi Yuanjia (traditional Chinese: 歡喜冤家; simplified Chinese: 欢喜冤家), [a] also translated into English as Enemies Enamoured, [1] [b] Enemies in Love, [3] and Lovers and Foes, [4] is a late Ming dynasty Chinese short story collection by a writer under the pseudonym Xihu yuyin zhuren (西湖漁隱主人).
Danmei (Chinese: 耽美; pinyin: dānměi; lit. 'indulging beauty') is a Chinese genre of literature and other fictional media that features romantic relationships between male characters. Danmei is typically created by and targeted towards heterosexual female audiences. [ 1 ]
Wu Shuang Pu (Chinese: 無雙譜; lit. 'Table of Peerless Heroes') is a book of woodcut prints, first printed in 1694, early on in the Qing dynasty.This book contains the biographies and imagined portraits of 40 notable heroes and heroines from the Han dynasty to the Song dynasty, all accompanied by a brief introduction and guided by a related poem in yuefu style.
Wu Song (Chinese: 武松; pinyin: Wǔ Sōng), also known as Second Brother Wu (武二郎; Wǔ Èrláng), is a legendary hero recounted since the 13th century; and one of the well-known fictional characters in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature.
The first two known history books about Chinese literature were published by Japanese authors in the Japanese language. [80] Kojō Tandō wrote the 700 page Shina bungakushi (支那文学史; "History of Chinese Literature"), published in 1897. Sasakawa Rinpū wrote the second ever such book in 1898, also called Shina bungakushi. [81]
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers received mixed reviews. CBC Books called it "a novel of language and love" and noted that "with sparkling wit, Xiaolu Guo has created an utterly original novel about identity and the cultural divide". [2] English critic Boyd Tonkin from The Independent hailed it as '"An auspicious English language ...
Gao Juexin (traditional Chinese: 高覺新; simplified Chinese: 高觉新; pinyin: Gāo Juéxīn; Wade–Giles: Kao 1 Chüeh 2-hsin 1) - The eldest brother, who was forced into quitting his university studies and into marrying a woman other than the one he loved. Juexin obeys the Gao family, despite the disapproval from his two brothers.
Compared to Feng, Ling is rooted in classical Chinese literature, rewriting stories in the vernacular. [ 2 ] Around 1640, an anthology, Jingu Qiguan ( Curious Shows New and Old ), comprising some forty stories extracted without acknowledgment from Ling and Feng's works, was so successful that the names of these two authors were eclipsed until ...