Pearl Shirt. Chinese Novels

The end of the 16th to the first half of the 17th century in the history of Chinese literature is rightly called the "golden age" of the folk tale. Chinese scholars of that time made enormous efforts to search for... and collect samples of stories in the genre of huaben throughout the country. This edition includes tales from five well-known collections of that time. The stories of "Pearl Shirt" are amazing, worthy of being captured for a long time: here are love-romantic tales and detective works, everyday cases and stories of legendary ancient friendships, historical works and genuine fantasy — a kind of Chinese Decameron.