Ming Chantefable and the Early Chinese Novel A Study of the 'Chenghua' Period 'Cihua'

McLaren, Ann Elizabeth

Ming Chantefable and the Early Chinese Novel A Study of the 'Chenghua' Period 'Cihua' Anne Elizabeth McLaren - Ann Arbor, Mich. 1988 1988 - 517 p.

Ph.D. in Chinese, Canberra, 1982

Examines the relationship between the newly discovered fifteenth century chantefables (ci hua) texts and the early vernacular novel. Treats in detail three chantefables -- the stories of Hua Guan-suo, Xue Ren-gui, and Shi Jing-tang -- which were