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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. |
Abstract:
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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