Iu-Kiao-Li
Yu Jiao Li (simplified Chinese: 玉娇梨; traditional Chinese: 玉嬌梨; pinyin: Yù Jiāo Lí; Wade–Giles: Yü Chiao Li), known in the West as Iu-Kiao-Li: or, the Two Fair Cousins, is an early-Qing Chinese caizi jiaren ("scholar and beauty") novel by Zhang Yun (張勻).
Yu Jiao Li is one of the best-known caizi jiaren novels,[1] together with Ping Shan Leng Yan, and Haoqiu zhuan.[2] The English version published by Hunt and Clarke of London in 1827 is an adaptation of Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat's French translation.[3]
The novel is about two cousins, Bai Hongyu and Lu Mengli, how they both fell in love with the handsome scholar Su Youbai.
Characters[edit]
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Two of the antagonist characters, Zhang Guiru (張軌如; 张轨如; Zhāng Guǐrú; Chang Kuei-ju) and Su Youde (蘇有德; 苏有德; Sū Yǒudé; Su Yu-te), plagiarize poems written by other people and pretend to be poets. Pseudo-caizi are foils to the real caizi in caizi jiaren stories.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Song, Geng (2004). The Fragile Scholar: Power and Masculinity in Chinese Culture. Hong Kong University Press. p. 20. ISBN 962-209-620-4.
- ^ Starr, Chloë F. (2007). Red-Light Novels of the Late Qing. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-04-15629-6. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Iu-kiao-li: or, the Two Fair Cousins (PDF) (English ed.). London: Hunt and Clarke. 1827. p. title page. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Song, Geng (2004). The Fragile Scholar: Power and Masculinity in Chinese Culture. Hong Kong University Press. p. 203. ISBN 962-209-620-4.
External links[edit]
- Iu-kiao-li: or, the Two Fair Cousins Volume I (English version, derived from the French version)
- (in French) Iu-kiao-li: or, the Two Fair Cousins (French version, the basis of the English version)
- Also: at the Internet Archive, Volume III in French
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