''Bai Gui Zhi'' (), also translated into English as ''The White Jade'', is a Chinese ''

caizi jiaren Caizi jiaren ( and "scholar and beauty") is a genre of Chinese fiction typically involving a romance between a young scholar and a beautiful girl. They were highly popular during the late Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty.Starr, p40 History Th ...

romance novel A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and Romance (love), romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed ...

from the late 18th century during the

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. The novel was written by a writer named Cui Xiangchuan (崔象川) and was thought to have been completed in 1798. The story of the novel is set during the Jiajing to Wanli eras of the

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. File:Harvard drs 49885424 繡像第八才子書白圭志 v.1.pdf, page=7, Illustrations of characters of ''Bai Gui Zhi'', from the Harvard-Yenching Library File:Harvard drs 49885424 繡像第八才子書白圭志 v.1.pdf, page=8, Illustrations of characters of ''Bai Gui Zhi'', from the Harvard-Yenching Library

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Chinese classic novels 18th-century Chinese novels Qing dynasty novels Chinese romance novels {{china-lit-stub