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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Two : The Rivals Condition:Good This is the prelude toIn this second of a planned five volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of narrative art not only