Hau kiou choaan,
or, The pleasing history : a translation from the Chinese language : to which are added : I. The argument or story of a Chinese play; II. A collection of Chinese proverbs and III. Fragments of Chinese poetry ...
Description
- Language(s)
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English ; Chinese
- Published
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London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ..., 1761.
- Note
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"The author of this translation is not certainly known. The manuscript was found among the papers of a gentleman named Wilkinson, who occasionally resided much at Canton, and was a student of Chinese. The date of the papers, 1719, was the last year he spent in China; and he died in 1736. The three first volumes were in English and the fourth in Portuguese. Dr. Percy...translated the last volume into English, and edited the work."--Wylie, A. Notes on Chinese Lit. 1867, p.xxii.
Edited by Thomas Percy.
- Physical Description
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4 v. :
fold plates.
16 cm.
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