The development of Chinese martial arts fiction Qian gu wen ren xia ke meng. English Chen, Pingyuan 1954- creator author. Hockx, Michel writer of introduction. Peterson, Victor translator. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2016 monographic eng chi print xv, 259 pages ; 24 cm. "Chen Pingyuan is one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese literature, known particularly for his work on wuxia, a popular and influential genre of historical martial arts fiction still celebrated around the world today. This work, presented here in English translation for the first time, is considered to be the seminal work on the evolution, aesthetics and politics of the modern Chinese wuxia novel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tracing the resurgence of interest in classical chivalric tales in late Qing China"-- Introduction : Wuxia novels and me -- The Xiake dream of the literati through the ages -- Haoxia stories of the Tang and Song dynasties -- Xiayi novels of the Qing dynasty -- Twentieth-century Wuxia novels -- Carrying a sword and doing Xiake deeds -- Sweet revenge -- Feeling smug in Jianghu -- Roving to the ends of the world -- Wuxia novels as a literary genre. Chen Pingyuan ; with an introduction by Michel Hockx ; translated by Victor Petersen. Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-248) and index. a-cc--- Martial arts fiction, Chinese History and criticism Chinese fiction 20th century History and criticism Martial arts in literature HISTORY / Asia / General Chinese fiction Martial arts fiction, Chinese Martial arts in literature 1900-1999 fast PL2419.M37 C45513 2016 895.13/0093579 HIS003000 Cambridge China library 9781107069886 1107069882 2016026215 DLC 160914 20170926151540.0 in00003714832 eng