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title: "The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One: The Gathering: 1 (Princeton Library of Asian Translations)"
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# The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One: The Gathering: 1 (Princeton Library of Asian Translations)

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- **What is this?** The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One: The Gathering: 1 (Princeton Library of Asian Translations) by david tod roy
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## Customer Reviews

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    Faithful Translation of Great Chinese Literature
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on 28 September 2017*

This book is great legacy of Chinese literature.  I had read various Chinese versions.  I can say Dr Roy's translation is faithful to Chinese text.  His introduction and commentary on the prologue are serious and deep scholar reseach that offered me some fresh opinions on the novel I had read few times.  I am looking foreard to rest of the volumes.By the way, a reader shall not read it as porno novel.

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    Used book as described
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on 31 May 2013*

The book is fascinating. For a good reason it was called one of the most important (if not the most important) Chinese literary masterpieces. The story has interesting parallels with Don Juan, which it predates. According to my Chinese friend, the English translation is better for a contemporary reader than the original: a typical modern Chinese reader will have difficulty going through the ancient text. The downside of this purchase was a big ugly sticker on the back cover that I had difficult time peeling off.

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    Excellent Translation
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on 27 February 2015*

This book was a require text for one of my courses. Having read other old Chinese literature, I was worried that this would be dry and difficult to read.  This is not the case.  It is very easy and quite humorous to read (if you are familiar with this style of writing).  Though the list of characters is daunting, the characters are presented in such a way that it is easy to keep track of those who are important.  Roy has done an outstanding job with this translation.

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