Reading for the moral exemplarity and the Confucian moral imagination in seventeenth-century Chinese short fiction Sibau, Maria Franca creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. nyu 2018 monographic eng print xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm. Introduction: Reading for the moral -- Filial quests -- Filial transactions -- The spectrum of loyalty -- Female exemplarity and the violence of virtue -- Interchangeable brothers -- Friends in need and friends in deed. Maria Franca Sibau. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- Chinese fiction Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 History and criticism Chinese fiction Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 History and criticism Literature and morals China History 17th century Short stories, Chinese History and criticism Ethics in literature Chinese fiction Chinese fiction Ming dynasty Ethics in literature Literature and morals Qing Dynasty (China) Short stories, Chinese China 1368-1912 fast PL2436 .S55 2018 895.13/4609 SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture 9781438469898 1438469896 9781438469911 2017031612 DLC 170829 20180412141821.0 in00003964470 eng