Peach Blossom Fan
Peach Blossom Fan A tale of battling armies, political intrigue, star-crossed romance, and historical cataclysm, The Peach Blossom Fan is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature, a vast…
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Peach Blossom Fan
A tale of battling armies, political intrigue, star-crossed romance, and historical cataclysm, The Peach Blossom Fan is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature, a vast dramatic composition that combines the range and depth of a great novel with the swift intensity of film.In the mid-1640s, famine sweeps through China. Peking falls to the Manchus, the emperor hangs himself, and Ming loyalists take refuge in the southern capital of Nanking. The Ming dynasty, almost 300 years old, lurches to a bloody end.
The newly installed emperor cares for nothing but theater, leaving practical matters to the insidious Ma Shih-ying. Two valiant generals seek to defend the city, but nothing can overcome the corruption, decadence, and factionalism of the court in exile. Ma's crony Juan Ta-ch'eng is as unscrupulous an operator as he is sophisticated a poet.
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