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The three-inch golden lotus

Author: Jicai Feng; David Wakefield; Howard Goldblatt
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1994.
Series: Fiction from modern China.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A poor girl rises to high social status in China because of her unusually small feet. When her position is threatened by reformers out to abolish foot-binding she fights them. A study in social change.
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Genre/Form: Allegories
Fiction
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Feng, Jicai.
Three-inch golden lotus.
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1994
(OCoLC)609859169
Online version:
Feng, Jicai.
Three-inch golden lotus.
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1994
(OCoLC)624174877
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jicai Feng; David Wakefield; Howard Goldblatt
ISBN: 0824815742 9780824815745 0824816064 9780824816063
OCLC Number: 29429165
Description: 239 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Some idle talk before the story --
The little girl, Fragrant Lotus --
The weird happenings really begin --
And again: the weird happenings really begin --
Several gentlemen display their learning --
Competition and defeat --
Beyond the immortal lies a God --
The four marvels of Tianjin --
With poetry, painting, song, dream, mist, and wine --
A true talent does not reveal himself --
Three battles --
When false becomes true, true is false --
And the eyes close --
Descent into chaos --
Bind unbind bind unbind bind unbind bind --
Present Pretty Plower of the Natural Foot Society --
37 Gloucester street.
Series Title: Fiction from modern China.
Other Titles: San cun jin lian.
Responsibility: Feng Jicai ; translated from the Chinese by David Wakefield ; general editor, Howard Goldblatt.

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A poor girl rises to high social status in China because of her unusually small feet. When her position is threatened by reformers out to abolish foot-binding she fights them. A study in social change.

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