Generally ascribed to Wang. Earlier it was believed that Wang wrote the first four parts and Kwang Han-chʻing wrote the Continuation. The theme is based on the short story by Yuan Cheng, a poet of the eighth century. Cf. p. xxii and xxxviii.
Half title: (Hsi hsiang chi) Hsiung Shih-i i (romanized form)
A reprint of the 1936 ed., with a new introd. by C.T. Hsia.
"Reissued for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics."
Appendix (p. 271-[281]):--The story of Tsʻui Ying-ying, by Yüan Ch n (779-831 A.D.)
