Erdu mei

Erdu mei (Chinese: 二度梅)[1] or Erdu mei quanzhuan (traditional Chinese: 二度梅全傳; simplified Chinese: 二度梅全传),[2] translated into English as The Plum Tree Flowers Twice[1][2] or The Plum Blooms Again, is an 18th-century Chinese romantic novel from the early Qianlong era (1736-1795).[3] Its authorship is ascribed to a writer named Xi Yin Tang Zhu Ren (惜陰堂主人), which is a pseudonym. Often categorized as a "caizi jiaren" romance novel, it consists of 40 chapters.

Title page of the novel Erdu mei


  • An illustration of characters from the novel
    An illustration of characters from the novel
  • An illustration of characters from the novel
    An illustration of characters from the novel

Citations
  1. Salmon, Claudine, ed. (2013). Literary Migrations: Traditional Chinese Fiction in Asia (17th-20th Centuries). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 144. ISBN 9789814414326.
  2. Brokaw, Cynthia J. (2020). Commerce in Culture: The Sibao Book Trade in the Qing and Republican Periods. Brill. p. 489.
  3. Diefenbach, Thilo (2004). Kontexte der Gewalt in moderner chinesischer Literatur. Harrassowitz. p. 76. ISBN 9783447050081.
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