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1860
Hsu, Wei; Miall, Bernard (trans) 
Chin p'ing mei: The adventurous history of Hsi Men and his six wives
London, Bodley Head   1959 
xxii, 852pp; 22x15cm   Cloth with dustjacket

This edition, translated from the abridged German edition of Franz Kuhn by Bernard Miall, with introduction by Arthur Waley, first published 1939. The work was written c1580, probably by Hsu Wei, and first printed c1609