The romance of the western chamber
translated by S.I. Hsiung.
- New York Columbia University Press 1968.
- xliv, 280 p. illus.
- UNESCO collection of representative works .
Generally ascribed to Wang. Earlier it was believed that Wang wrote the first four parts and Kwang Han-chʻing wrote the Continuation. The theme is based on the short story by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. Cf. p. xxii and xxxviii. Half title: (Hsi hsiang chi) Hsiung Shih-i i. A reprint of the 1936 ed., with a new introd. by C.T. Hsia. "Reissued for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics." Appendix (p. 271-[281]):--The story of Tsʻui Ying-ying, by Yüan Chên (779-831 A.D.)