Some full-page woodcut illus. of scenes from the plays. 48 vols. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. title-labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1918.

Lithographic reprint of the 1615-16 first edition. “Yuanquxuan is a collection of the greatest part of surviving Yuan-period (1279-1368) theatre plays. It includes 100 plays and is therefore also called Yuanren baizhong qu ‘One Hundred theatre plays by authors of the Yuan period’…

“The collection Yuanquxuan was compiled during the Ming period (1368-1644) by Zang Maoxun (1550-1620)…who hailed from Changxing, Zhejiang. He belonged to the so-called four masters (sizi), famous writers... More