 | Courtesans and Opium: Romantic Illusions of the Fool of Yangzhou Patrick Hanan (1927-2014) was Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He was one of the foremost translators of Chinese fiction from the fourteenth to the twentieth century. His books include Chinese Fiction of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries , which contains a study of this novel. His translations include Silent Operas , The Carnal Prayer Mat , A Tower for the Summer Heat , The Sea of Regret , The Money Demon , and Falling in Love . |
