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“The story is about an upwardly mobile and corrupt merchant called Ximen Qing, his household and his various affairs. Everything goes his way for a while. However, his pursuit of sexual, financial and political gratification becomes increasingly depraved, and readers sense that retribution is inevitable as he fails to curb excess or take any moral responsibility.” Read more...
Five East Asian Classic Books Worth Reading
Tuva Kahrs, Five Books Editor
Other books by Anonymous and translated by David Tod Roy
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The Story of the Stone (also called Dream of the Red Chamber)
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Chinese Shadows
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The Corpse Walker
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Red Capitalism
by Carl Walter & Fraser Howie
