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Mirage
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- 作者： HANAN, Patrick著
- 出版社： 中文大學出版社
- 出版年：2016
- ISBN：9789629966621
- EISBN：9789629966621 EPUB
- 格式：PDF,JPG
- 頁數：492
First published anonymously in 1804--its author remains unknown--Mirage is set in Guangzhou (Canton), some decades before the city was overwhelmed by the opium trade and the Opium War. Su Jishi, the adolescent son of the head of the Chinese traders' association, the men licensed to deal with foreign merchants in the port, is suddenly burdened with responsibility for his powerful family after his father's unexpected death. More interested in sex than money, Su Jishi learns to navigate between pleasure and commerce, as rebellions erupt just outside the city.
At the crossroads of two of the greatest Chinese books--the aristocratic coming-of-age novel, The Story of the Stone (The Dream of the Red Chamber) and the military epic Outlaws of the Marsh--Mirage is panorama of libertines and concubines, lecherous monks and celibate soldiers, corrupt officials and drunken scholars. As entertaining as a bestseller, it is a hectic recreation of vanished mores and customs, and the life of a Chinese city as it was beginning to discover--and deal with--the rest of the world.
- Introduction(第vii頁)
- I.Riches arouse the superintendent’s interest Connections lead to the traders’ release(第1頁)
- II. Li Jiangshan intercedes in a difficult dispute Su Wankui withdraws at the height of his career(第22頁)
- III. Suxin bemoans her fate as a beauty Jishi searches for sex in the night(第40頁)
- IV. In Break-Cassia Studio a pair of lovers open accounts At the Double Ninth festival the class visits Mt. Yuexiu(第59頁)
- V. Matchmaking causes two birds to lose their feathers Flirtation leads to one sister’s falling in love(第80頁)
- VI. Heh Zhifu installs mistresses in a separate wing Li Jiangshan comes upon a hero in Qujiang county(第98頁)
- VII. An ambitious river police chief plays along A humiliated customs official hangs himself(第119頁)
- VIII. Shen Jin is restored to office by imperial grace Su Wankui dies on hearing of a robbery(第138頁)
- IX. In burning old deeds a son carries out his father’s wishes By faking a prayer a priest engages in a lascivious act(第161頁)
- X. Lü Youkui forms an alliance at an inn Yao Huowu is thrown into jail in Haifeng(第179頁)
- XI. Feng Gang catches a tiger on Goat’s Foot Ridge Ho Wu Kills an ox at Phoenix Tail River(第200頁)
- XII. Hearing of his brother’s death, a prisoner breaks out of jail Taking advantage of a visit, an abbot gains a gem(第218頁)
- XIII. Emerging from reclusion, he reviews commanders A bandit for the present, he is awarded high rank(第237頁)
- XIV. Faced with a cruel husband, she bites her tongue and endures her shame Meeting an artful woman, he hopes for sex but gets feces instead(第258頁)
- XV. Three scoundrels set a trap Four beauties disappear(第277頁)
- XVI. Reunion, as Qiao rejoins her lord Justice, as Shangguan punishes scoundrels(第297頁)
- XVII. Wu Biyuan lays his complaint before the censor Su Jishi flees to Qingyuan to escape danger(第320頁)
- XVIII. Vice-president Yuan impounds Heh’s possessions Governor-general Hu withdraws to Huizhou(第342頁)
- XIX. A girl suffers a tragic fate at New Year’s An in-law embarks on a literary career(第362頁)
- XX. Yao Huowu rebuffs Mola Wen Chuncai outdoes Bian Ruyu(第380頁)
- XXI. A friend’s letter leads a hero to submit A year’s leave allows a censor to marry(第398頁)
- XXII. After receiving high office, a civil official joins the army While taking defensive measures, a demon practices magic(第417頁)
- XXIII. Commander Yao triumphs in a single night Iron Mouth Lei reads faces and predicts lives(第432頁)
- XXIV. His womenfolk compose beautiful lines His brothers sing a song of court delight(第449頁)
- Notes(第463頁)
