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024 7 _a10.7312/mao-18684
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035 _a(DE-B1597)544643
035 _a(OCoLC)1117314797
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082 0 4 _a306.740951/09032
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMao, Xiang
_eautore
245 1 0 _aPlum Shadows and Plank Bridge :
_bTwo Memoirs About Courtesans /
_cHuai Yu, Xiang Mao.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aTranslations from the Asian Classics
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAbbreviations --
_tIntroduction --
_tReminiscences of the Plum Shadows Convent --
_tMiscellaneous Records of the Plank Bridge --
_tTwo Famous Courtesans --
_tNotes --
_tWorks Cited --
_tIndex of Names
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAmid the turmoil of the Ming-Qing dynastic transition in seventeenth-century China, some intellectuals sought refuge in romantic memories from what they perceived as cataclysmic events. This volume presents two memoirs by famous men of letters, Reminiscences of the Plum Shadows Convent by Mao Xiang (1611–93) and Miscellaneous Records of Plank Bridge by Yu Huai (1616–96), that recall times spent with courtesans. They evoke the courtesan world in the final decades of the Ming dynasty and the aftermath of its collapse.Mao Xiang chronicles his relationship with the courtesan Dong Bai, who became his concubine two years before the Ming dynasty fell. His mournful remembrance of their life together, written shortly after her early death, includes harrowing descriptions of their wartime sufferings as well as idyllic depictions of romantic bliss. Yu Huai offers a group portrait of Nanjing courtesans, mixing personal memories with reported anecdotes. Writing fifty years after the fall of the Ming, he expresses a deep nostalgia for courtesan culture that bears the toll of individual loss and national calamity. Together, they shed light on the sensibilities of late Ming intellectuals: their recollections of refined pleasures and ruminations on the vagaries of memory coexist with political engagement and a belief in bearing witness. With an introduction and extensive annotations, Plum Shadows and Plank Bridge is a valuable source for the literature of remembrance, the representation of women, and the social role of intellectuals during a tumultuous period in Chinese history.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aCourtesans in literature.
650 0 _aCourtesans
_zChina
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 7 _aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese.
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700 1 _aHuai, Yu
_eautore
700 1 _aLi, Wai-yee
_eautore
700 1 _aXiang, Mao
_eautore
700 1 _aYu, Huai
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/mao-18684
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231546867
856 4 2 _3Cover
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