Lady Precious Stream
by S.I. Hsiung, Wang Pao-chʻuan
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The headstrong Precious Stream engineers the game of chance by which her future husband is to be determined so that the gardener Hsieh Ping-Kuei, whom she loves, wins her hand. Marrying against her father's wishes, they choose a life of poverty together. Hsieh is sent away to war and (it is hoped by most of his in-laws) to his death. However, with the help of the Princess of the Western Regions who loves and wants to marry him, he conquers this unruly territory and becomes its king. Now he show more is in a quandary, with obligations to two good and loving women...Includes an extra character, the "Reader" who explains conventions of the traditional Chinese stage and speaks some of the character descriptions and plot explanations provided by Hsiung in earlier editions. show lessTags
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- 895.12 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Chinese Chinese drama
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- PL2997 .W353 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Chinese language and literature Chinese literature
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