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  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1

    by Lo Kuan-Chung ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • A Couple of Soles

    A Comic Play from Seventeenth-Century China

    Translated by Jing Shen, Robert E. Hegel ...
    by Li Yu ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    A Couple of Soles is a classic comedic romance by the seventeenth-century playwright Li Yu. Tan Chuyu, a poor young scholar, falls in love with the beautiful actress Liu Miaogu. He joins her family’s acting troupe, and, in plays within the play, romance ensues. After Liu’s family attempts to marry her off to a local country squire, she performs a famous scene in which a heroine drowns herself—and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • A Couple of Soles

    A Comic Play from Seventeenth-Century China

    Translated by Jing Shen, Robert E. Hegel ...
    by Li Yu ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    A Couple of Soles is a classic comedic romance by the seventeenth-century playwright Li Yu. Tan Chuyu, a poor young scholar, falls in love with the beautiful actress Liu Miaogu. He joins her family’s acting troupe, and, in plays within the play, romance ensues. After Liu’s family attempts to marry her off to a local country squire, she performs a famous scene in which a heroine drowns herself—and ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 2

    by Lo Kuan-Chung ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death, forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor

    A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection

    by Aina the Layman ...
    Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Further Adventures on the Journey to the West

    by Master of Silent Whistle Studio ...
    Translated by Qiancheng Li, Robert E. Hegel ...
    The Monkey King takes on his biggest challenge: his own unconscious desiresAs the audacious Monkey King battles his way through a landscape of inexplicable places and unfamiliar passions, Further Adventures on the Journey to the West offers a wry, revisionist critique of the late-Ming fascination with desire. Building on the great sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West, which recounts the ... Read more

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  • Slapping the Table in Amazement

    A Ming Dynasty Story Collection

    by Mengchu Ling ...
    Translated by Shuhui Yang, Yunqin Yang ...
    Slapping the Table in Amazement is the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai’an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), originally published in 1628. The forty lively stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters from all social levels. We learn of their joys and sorrows, their views about life and death, and their ... Read more

    Free

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  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1 of 3

    by Luo Guanzhong ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1 of 3 is the first part of the famous Chinese classic. ... Read more

    $2.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Water Margin

    Outlaws of the Marsh

    by Shi Naian ...
    Translated by J.H. Jackson ...
    Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men.This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation brings a story that has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years to life for modern audiences. It features a new preface and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2

    Edited by Anthony C. Yu ...
    Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West,initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

    A Journey to the West in Search of Enlightenment

    by Wu Cheng'en, Timothy Richard ...
    Discover the thrilling exploits of this unlikely hero in China's most famous traditional novel.This classic Chinese epic tells the story of the Monkey King, his incredible origin and downfall, and his epic quest to redeem himself with his trusted companions, as they face fantastic foes, demons, and monsters and during their travels to the Western paradise.The talented, wily Monkey King was used to ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Journey to the West

    by Wu Cheng-en ...
    “Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.”Journey to the WestJourney to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was written by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty. In English-speaking countries, the tale is also often known simply as Monkey. This was one title used ... Read more

    $2.99 USD