遊仙窟
You xian ku
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Xian_Ku Release date is 2008-01-15
Produced by Pei-Hsuan Yan Produced by Pei-Hsuan Yan
"遊仙窟" by Zhang Zhuo is a Chinese tale written between 681 and 684. The narrator, weary from travel through distant mountains, takes shelter in a mysterious grotto where he encounters two women—Cui Shi Niang and the widow Wu Sao. What follows is an evening of wine, poetry, flirtation, and playful banter. Written in a mixture of parallel prose styles with leisurely rhymes, this early Tang romance offers a glimpse into encounters between traveling scholars and courtesans, influencing generations of Chinese love stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.)