Plum Shadows and Plank Bridge: Two Memoirs About Courtesans (Translations from the Asian Classics)

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.

• | Author: Xiang Mao
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: January 21, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0231186843
• | ISBN-13: 9780231186841