Bai Gui Zhi

Bai Gui Zhi (Chinese: 白圭志), also translated into English as The White Jade,[1] is a Chinese caizi jiaren romance novel from the late 18th-century during the Qing dynasty.[2] The novel was written by a writer named Cui Xiangchuan (崔象川) and was thought to have been completed in 1798.[1]

The opening of the novel Bai Gui Zhi

The story of the novel is set during the Jiajing to Wanli eras of the Ming dynasty.[3]

Inside pages from the second volume of the novel
  • Illustrations of characters of Bai Gui Zhi, from the Harvard-Yenching Library
    Illustrations of characters of Bai Gui Zhi, from the Harvard-Yenching Library
  • Illustrations of characters of Bai Gui Zhi, from the Harvard-Yenching Library
    Illustrations of characters of Bai Gui Zhi, from the Harvard-Yenching Library

Citations
  1. "《白圭志》". 《中国大百科全书》第三版网络版 (in Chinese).
  2. Wang, Qingping (1998). The Commercial Production of the Early Qing Scholar-beauty Romances. Stanford University. p. 49. Bai Gui Zhi
  3. 崔象川 (1930). 繡像第八才子書白圭志: 4卷16回, Volumes 1-4.


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