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Summary
An annotated translation of "Diverse Records of Wooden Bridge" ("Panqiao Zaji") by the poet-essayist Yu Huai (1616-1696). Yu recorded how he and his associates amused themselves in the entertainment quarters of Nanjing, and how the collapse of the Ming dynasty brought about an abrupt end to their carefree pleasures.
Title
A Feast of Mist and Flowers: The Gay Quarters of Nanking at the End of the Ming.
Author
Yu Huai; Levy, Howard S., translator; Kazuko Ishibashi, illustrator
Publisher
Howard Levy
Date
1967
Object ID
2007.066.341