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The Peach Blossom Fan
[Paperback - 2015]
cyril birch
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Category: Literature
Sub-category: Drama
Additional Category: Historical Fiction - Poetry
Publisher: Nyrb Classics | ISBN: 9781590178768 | Pages: 352
Shipping Weight: .38 | Dimensions: 5.27 x .74 x 8.03 inches

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A tale of battling armies, political intrigue, star-crossed romance, and historical cataclysm, The Peach Blossom Fan is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature, a vast dramatic composition that combines the range and depth of a great novel with the swift intensity of film.

In the mid-1640s, famine sweeps through China. The Ming dynasty, almost 300 years old, lurches to a bloody end. Peking falls to the Manchus, the emperor hangs himself, and Ming loyalists take refuge in the southern capital of Nanking. Two valiant generals seek to defend the city, but nothing can overcome the corruption, decadence, and factionalism of the court in exile. The newly installed emperor cares for nothing but theater, leaving practical matters to the insidious Ma Shih-ying. Ma’s crony Juan Ta-ch’eng is as unscrupulous an operator as he is sophisticated a poet. He diverts resources from the starving troops in order to stage a spectacular production of his latest play. History, however, has little time for make-believe, though the earnest members of the Revival Club, centered on the handsome young scholar Hou Fang-yü and his lover Fragrant Princess, struggle to discover a happy ending.

About the Author

孔尚任Kchung Šang-ženKong Shangren (Chinese: 孔尚任; pinyin:Kǒng Shàngrèn; Wade–Giles:K'ung Shang-jen; 1648 - 1718) was a Qing dynasty dramatist and poet best known for hischuanqiplayThe Peach Blossom Fanabout the last days of the Ming dynasty.Born in Qufu, Kong was a 64th-generation descendant of Confucius. He guided the Kangxi Emperor when he visited Qufu.The Peach Blossom Fantells the story of the love story between the scholar Hou Fangyu and the courtesan Li Xiangjun, against the dramatic backdrop of the short history of the Southern Ming. It remains a favourite of the Kun opera (kunqu) stage.Kong Shangren is known as the author of a curious poem dedicated to the eyeglasses, a Western innovation brought to Macau by the Portuguese.(from Wikipedia)

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