Lin er bao explained

Lin er bao or Lin'er bao^[1], also translated into English as Son of Good Fortune, is a Chinese romantic novel of the 17th-century written by an anonymous writer.^[2] The novel is often categorized as one of the caizi jiaren novels that were massively popular during the late Ming and early Qing eras.^[3]

The earliest extant edition of the novel is a 1672 printed edition from the early Qing period that is now located in the Dalian Library.

Notes and References

1. Book: Huang, Martin W. . 2006 . Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China . University of Hawaiʻi Press . 233 . 9780824828967 . Lin'er bao.
2. Web site: 《麟儿报》 . 《中国大百科全书》第三版网络版 . zh.
3. Book: McMahon, Keith . 1995 . Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists: Sexuality and Male-female Relations in Eighteenth-century Chinese Fiction . Duke University Press . 116, 308 .