九尾龟
九尾龟是中国传说中的妖怪。径尺余，有9条尾巴。明‧陆粲《庚编‧九尾龟》：“海宁百姓王屠与其子出行，遇渔父持巨龟，径可尺余，买归，击著柱下，将羹之，邻居有江右商人见之，告邸翁，欲以钱赎焉。商曰：‘此九尾龟，神物也。’皆验之，商因踏龟背，其尾两旁露出小尾各四。便持钱乞王，王不肯，遂烹作羹，父子共啖。是夕，大水自海中来，平地三尺，逮水退，翁往视王某，但见衣衾再床，父子皆不知去向。人咸云：为水府摄去杀却也。”
晚清古典小说名
[编辑]《九尾龟》又名《四大金刚外传》，《嫖界醒世小说》，中国清代时期著名的世情谴责小说，被批评家们认定为"嫖界的指南，花丛的历史"。作者为张春帆，名炎，别署漱六山房，江苏常州人，卒于1935年。
扩展阅读
[编辑]英文:
- Duval, Jean. "The Nine-tailed Turtle: Pornography or 'Fiction of Exposure'?" in: Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena (editor). (The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Centuryr) (Toronto: University of Toronto Press (); January 1, 1980), p. 177. ISBN 0802054730, 9780802054739.
- McMahon, Keith. Polygamy and Sublime Passion: Sexuality in China on the Verge of Modernity. 夏威夷大学出版社, 2010. ISBN 0824833767, 9780824833763. -- Includes a section called "Polygnous Politics in Nine-times Cuckold" about this book
- Starr, Chloë F. Red-Light Novels of the Late Qing (Volume 14 of China Studies). BRILL , 2007. ISBN 9004156291, 9789004156296.
- Wang, Dewei. Fin-de-siècle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911. 史丹福大学出版社, 1997. ISBN 0804728453, 9780804728454.