Weisheng's Castaway Journal on the Island Nation

There are many short stories about women's lives in classical Chinese from the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as *Xie Jiali*, *Yu Pu Tuan*, and *Shen Gui Hong*. However, classical Chinese is often difficult to understand. Although *Jin Ping Mei* is widely circulated, the translated version often presents a tale of a lowly rogue's rise to power, with relatively little focus on the inner thoughts of…