Wu Jiang Xue

Wu Jiang Xue (traditional Chinese: 吳江雪; simplified Chinese: 吴江雪),[1][2] is a Chinese "caizi jiaren" romantic novel of the 17th-century. Its date of composition have been dated by various scholars to either around 1605 in the late Ming dynasty[3] or around mid 17th-century during the early Qing dynasty. Its authorship is ascribed to a writer named Pei Hengzi (佩蘅子).[4] The novel consists of 24 chapters.

Scan of chapter 17 of the novel from the National Library of China


  • Title page of the novel from a modern edition
    Title page of the novel from a modern edition
  • A page from chapter 5 of the novel
    A page from chapter 5 of the novel

Citations
  1. Wang, Qingping (1998). The Commercial Production of the Early Qing Scholar-beauty Romances. Stanford University. p. 28.
  2. 明清小说论丛 (in Chinese). Vol. 1. 春风文艺出版社. 1984. p. 373. 他在1927年著录巴黎国家图书馆藏本时说: "绣像吴江雪。题页上写着:薇香草堂编著,东吴赤绿山房样。明刊本。"
  3. 林辰 (1988). 明末清初小說述錄 (in Chinese). 春风文艺出版社. p. 155.
  4. "《吴江雪》". 《中国大百科全书》第三版网络版 (in Chinese).


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