The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of the Two Millennia

Overview:

  • Title: The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of the Two Millennia
  • Author: uncredited
  • Year: 1967
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Price: 10/6
  • Pages: 394
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of the Two Millennia
  • Notes: {{tr|Christopher Levenson}}, based on the German translation by Wolfgang Bauer (1930-1997) & Herbert Franke (1914-2011). Illustrations from 19th-century wood engravings. Only titles of genre interest (ghosts, reincarnation, etc.) listed below. Other titles are- Excerpt from Plans of the Warring States ({{A|Chan Kuo Ts'e}}/Zhan Guo Ce)- Yü Jang Szu-ma Ch'ien ({{A|Ssu-ma Ch'ien}}/ Sima Qian)- The Prince of Meng-ch'ang Anonymous- Prince Tan of Yen Ling Hsüan (Ling Xuan/ 伶玄)- The Emperor & the Two Sisters (趙飛燕外傳) Yüan Chen (Yuan Zhen: 779-831)- Golden Oriole (鶯鶯傳) {{A|Po Hsing-chien}}- The Lady in the Capital (李娃傳) Tu Kuang-t'ing (Du Guangting:850-933)- The Stranger with the Curly Beard (虯髯客傳) Hsü T'ang (Xu Tang/許棠)- The Two Friends (奇男子傳) Chang Shih (Zhang Shi/張實)- Red Leaves in the Waves (流紅記) Ch'in Ch'un (Qin Chun/秦醇)- The Scholar & the Courtesan (譚意歌傳) Unknown- The Whore with the Pure Heart Ch'ü Yu (Qu You)- Kingfisher (翠翠傳) Li Ch'ang-ch'i (李昌祺: 1376-1452)- The Trees at the Graveside(連理樹記), The Dancing Swords (青城舞剑录), Phoenix (鸞鸞傳), Jasper (瓊奴傳), The Hibiscus Screen(芙蓉屏記) {{A|Chu Yün-ming}}- Make a Joke and Win a Bride Shao Ching-chan (Shao Jingzhan)- Young Mr. Yao (姚公子傳) Ku Ts'ai (顧采?)- The Bearded Woodcutter Hsü Shih-chün (徐士俊?)- Wang Fourteen From the Ch'iu-t'eng lu- Miss Cloud, The Revenge