Clothing, Food, and Travel - Ming Material Culture As Reflected in Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan

This book explores the material and cultural history of the Ming Dynasty based on the Chinese magnum opus Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan (literally The Story of a Marital Fate to Awaken the World), written under the pseudonym of the seventeenth-century writer Xizhou Sheng.

List of contents

1. The Clothing Culture and Clothing Choices of the Ming People 2. Luxury Consumption and the Financial System 3. Food Cultures of the Ming 4. Traveling Cultures of the Ming

About the author

Liu Xiaoyi is a professor at the School of Literature, Shandong University, China. She also serves on the Expert Committee of the Shandong Translators Association. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona. She has published 18 CSSCI and English papers, 5 Chinese monographs, and hosted national and ministerial translation projects. Her bilingual collection, The Past Lingers, presents her own lyrical writings with English translations and Shakespeare's sonnets in localization rendering.

Product details

• Authors: Liu Xiaoyi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032523262
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252326-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies