Wanhua Lou

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Front cover of the novel Wanhua Lou
Inside the page of a later expanded edition from 1876

Wanhua Lou (traditional Chinese: 萬花樓; simplified Chinese: 万花楼), also translated into English as Pavilion of Myriad Flowers[1] and Pavilion of Ten Thousand Flowers, is a Chinese novel written by Li Yutang (李雨堂) during the Qing dynasty.[2] The novel's story is set in the Song dynasty and consist of 68 chapters. Its first edition was published in 1808,[1] with later expanded editions releasing throughout the following decades.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Wan, Margaret B. (2009). Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts Novel. State University of New York Press. pp. 157, 170.
  2. ^ 李雨堂 (1859). "萬花樓楊包狄演義".