Research Note: INTRODUCING A RESOURCE ON MUSIC AND ORAL PERFORMING LITERATURE IN THE MING NOVEL JIN PING MEI CIHUA MADE AVAILABLE IN CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF DAVID TOD ROY’S TRANSLATION

"Research Note: INTRODUCING A RESOURCE ON MUSIC AND ORAL PERFORMING LITERATURE IN THE MING NOVEL JIN PING MEI CIHUA MADE AVAILABLE IN CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF DAVID TOD ROY’S TRANSLATION." CHINOPERL, 33(1), pp. 94–95

Notes

1 The translation was published as five volumes: The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993–2013). In 2006, only the first two volumes of the translation had been published. I have since added references to the other three.

2 At present writing these include the website for CHINOPERL, the online site for this journal managed by Maney Publishing (as “supplementary material” to this research note at www.maneyonline.com/doi/suppl/10.1179/0193777414Z.00000000019), and shuoshu.org.

3 Professor Roy has, of course, written much about the novel, including “The Use of Songs as a Means of Self-Expression and Self-Characterization in the Chin P’ing Mei,” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews 20 (1998): 101–26, but for those interested in his work on the translation, I particularly recommend the chance to hear him describe the process in an hour-long interview done with him after the completion of the translation by Carla Nappi as part of her “New Books in East Asian Studies” series (at http://newbooksineastasianstudies.com consult the “List of Interviews” for the one with Professor Roy; other interviews on that list of interest to readers of CHINOPERL would include those of Andrea Goldman, Perry Link, and Qiliang He).