Carnival in China : A Reading of the Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan Berg, Daria 2002 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 , Vol. 1 ( Serie ) Leiden; Boston : BRILL 9789004453401 | 9789004124264 Abstract

A dystopian satire, the Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan provides fascinating insights into late imperial China’s popular culture. Using an array of sources, Carnival in China develops a style of reading that explores the desires, dreams, fears and nightmares of seventeenth-century Chinese citizens.

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Philosophical literature