''Ting Yue Lou'' () 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 by an anonymous writer from the Jiaqing era (1796-1820) of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

. The novel consists of 20 chapters. An early printed edition of the novel dating to 1815 is now preserved in the

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

. Some of the later 19th-century editions of the novel feature illustrations by the famed Chinese illustrator Wu Youru (呉友如; 1840–1894). File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=6, File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=7, File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=8, File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=9, File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=10, File:Harvard drs 49885443 呉友如繪圖第一情書 v.1.pdf, page=12,

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19th-century Chinese novels Qing dynasty novels Chinese romance novels {{china-lit-stub