The Sea of Regret: Two Turn-Of-The Century Chinese Romantic Novels : Stones in the Sea/the Sea of Regret

published Within A Few Months Of Each Other In 1906, Stones In The Sea By Fu Lin And The Sea Of Regret By Wu Jianren Take Opposite Sides In The Heated Turn-of-the-century Debate Over The Place Of Romantic And Sexual Love And Passion In Chinese Life. The Sea Of Regret, Which Came To Be The Most Popular Short Novel Of This Period, Is A Response To The Less Well-known But Equally Significant Stones In The Sea. Taken Together, This Pair Of Novels Provides A Fascinating Portrait Of Early Twentieth-century China's Struggle With Its Own Cultural, Ethical, And Sexual Redefinition. journal Of Asian Studies in Addition To Offering Insights On Turn-of-the-century Chinese Debates Over Freedom In Marriage, These Novels Also Vividly Describe The Pain Of The Common People Caught In The Wake Of The Boxer Rebellion. I Know Of No Other Works Of Fiction That Reflect In Such Detail What Life Was Like For Many Chinese Whose Lives Were Ruined By The Boxer Turmoil. In This Book The Chinese Original Texts Are Rendered Accurately Into Beautiful, Idiomatic, And Lively English Prose And Hanan Is To Be Congratulated For His Accomplishments As A Translator. Published in 1906, "Stones in the Sea" by Fu Lin and "The Sea of Regret" by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the turn-of-the-century debate over the place of romantic and sexual love in Chinese life. Taken together, these novel provide a fascinating portrait of China's struggle with its own cultural, ethical, and sexual redefinition. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Stones in the Sea The Sea of Regret