In the Wan-li reign a student named Li Chia comes to Peking for the examinations, and his love affair opens a sequence of stories drawn from old Chinese collections. Weddings, mistaken slippers, a counterfeit old woman and a lotus monastery supply the intrigues, told with frankness about desire and with a strong feeling for fate.
A rare English window on traditional Chinese fiction for readers who enjoy love stories with an edge. Download the free EPUB.