McLaren, Ann Elizabeth <br/><br/>
Ming Chantefable and the Early Chinese Novel  A Study of the 'Chenghua' Period 'Cihua' 
Anne Elizabeth McLaren 
 - Ann Arbor, Mich.  1988  1988 
 - 517 p. 
<br/><br/>Ph.D. in Chinese, Canberra, 1982 
<br/><br/>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