Persons, Roles, and Minds: Identity in Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan Fiction_Gift_Guide this book is a must

this book is a must for lovers of floriology and Victoriana

● A kid hero who changed history

Alpi seeks out the truth behind the mystery of the blackening curse and the relationship between man and spirit

Twenty—one races

Persons, Roles, and Minds: Identity in Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan Fiction_Gift_Guide this book is a mustFocusing on two late Ming or early Qing plays central to the Chinese canon, this thought provoking study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. How is a person, as opposed to a ghost or animal, to be defined? How can any specific person (as distinguished, for example, from an impostor or twin) be identified? Both plays are chuanqi, representatives of a monumental genre that represents Chinese dramatic literature at its most complex: