The Governor of Nanke

"The Governor of Nanke" (simplified Chinese: 南柯太守传; traditional Chinese: 南柯太守傳; pinyin: Nánkē Tàishǒu Zhuàn, otherwise translated as "The Governor of the Southern Tributary State",[1] "Governor of the Southern Branch Commandery"[2] and variants) is a Tang dynasty Chinese chuanqi (a form of short story) by Li Gongzuo, set in the year 794.[3] It is the basis for the similar Japanese tale "The Dream of Akinosuke".

  1. ^ Liu, Wu-Chi (1990). An Introduction to Chinese Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-313-26703-1. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  2. ^ Luo, Manling (2005). "The Seduction of Authenticity:" The Story of Yingying"". Nan Nü. 7 (1). Brill: 40–70. doi:10.1163/1568526054622378.
  3. ^ "The ninth month of the tenth year of the Zhen Yuan (贞元) period". From Shen, Jiji, ed. (2001). Selected Tang Dynasty Stories. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-7-119-02898-9.