01541cam a22003253u 4500 24295 UtSlPG 20260610133546.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Zhang, Zhuo 遊仙窟 You xian ku Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Xian_Ku Release date is 2008-01-15 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.) Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Tang dynasty, 618-907 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24295 65296 65296