Ying Yun meng explained

Ying Yun meng [1] [2] or Ying Yun meng zhuan, is a Chinese romantic caizi jiaren[3] novel from around 1783. Its authorship is ascribed to a writer named Jiu Rong Lou Zhu Ren Song Yun (九容樓主人松雲), which is a pseudonym. The title refers to the names of novel's two female protagonists, Wu Mengyun and Xu Yingniang. The earliest extant edition of the novel is now kept in the Peking University Library.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brokaw, Cynthia J. . 2020 . Commerce in Culture: The Sibao Book Trade in the Qing and Republican Periods . Brill . 640 .
  2. Book: McMahon, Keith . 1995 . Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists: Sexuality and Male-female Relations in Eighteenth-century Chinese Fiction . Duke University Press . 310 .
  3. Book: Zhou, Zuyan . 2003 . Androgyny in Late Ming and Early Qing Literature . University of Hawaii Press . 323 . 9780824825713.