The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One Condition:Very Good Compare Bible times and now

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"But there is wisdom/ in the hour in which a boy/ sits in his room listening

De Assis weaves a powerful and ultimately tragic story of love and disillusionment

It tackles the important issues of gender

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One Condition:Very Good Compare Bible times and nowThe first volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel. This is the first volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin Ping Mei is an anonymous sixteenth century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi men Ching, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines.