Huanxi Yuanjia Explained

Huanxi Yuanjia, also translated into English as Enemies Enamoured,^[1] Enemies in Love,^[2] and Lovers and Foes,^[3] is a late Ming dynasty Chinese short story collection by a writer under the pseudonym Xihu yuyin zhuren (西湖漁隱主人).

The collection was published in the early 17th-century and features a wide variety of love stories that range from erotic to comical in twenty-four chapters.

Notes and References

1. Book: McMahon, Keith . 1995 . Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists: Sexuality and Male-female Relations in Eighteenth-century Chinese Fiction . Duke University Press . 171.
2. Book: Martin W. Huang . 2020 . Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China. Brill . 62.
3. Book: Quenzer, Jorg G. . 2021 . Exploring Written Artefacts: Objects, Methods, and Concepts. De Gruyter .