Shanghai Shijie Fanhua Bao

Shanghai Shijie Fanhua Bao (T: 上海世界繁華報, S: 上海世界繁华报, P: Shànghǎi Shìhìjiè Fánhuá Bào, W: Shanghai Shih-chieh Fan-hua Pao; "The Bustling World of Shanghai" or "Shanghai Splendor") was a periodical published in Shanghai, China.^[1] The name is often shortened to Fanhua Bao or Shijie Fanhua Bao ("World Vanity Fair" or "The Glittering World").^[2]

Li Baojia (Li Boyuan) was the founder. The main editors were Ouyang Gan (T: 歐陽淦, S: 欧阳淦, P: Ōuyáng Gàn, W: Ou-yang Kan) and Ren Guangjin (T: 任光覲, S: 任光觐, P: Rèn Guāngjìn, W: Jen Kuang-chin). It was founded on May 7, 1901. Publication ended on April 22, 1910.^[3]

Works serialized

Serialized works include:

• Gengzi Guobian Tanci by Li Baojia^[2]
• Officialdom Unmasked by Li Baojia (the first half of the work,^[1] serialized there from April 1903 to June 1905.^[4])

Staff

• Li Baojia (contributor and editor)^[2]

References

• Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena. "Chapter 38: Fiction from the End of the Empire to the Beginning of the Republic (1897-1916)" in: Mair, Victor H. (editor). The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press, August 13, 2013. p. 697-731. ISBN 0231528515, 9780231528511.
• Holoch, Donald. "A Novel of Setting: The Bureaucrats" in: Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena (editor). The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century (Toronto: University of Toronto Press; January 1, 1980), ISBN 0802054730, 9780802054739.
• Idema, Wilt L. "Prosimetric and verse narrative." p. 343-214. In: Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen (editors). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 0521855594, 9780521855594.
• PL, "Li Pao-chia." In: Nienhauser, William H. (editor). The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Part 1. Indiana University Press, 1986. ISBN 0253329833, 9780253329837.

Notes

1. Holoch, p. 76.
2. PL, p. 548.
3. "世界繁華報 - Shi jie fan hua bao - World Vanity Fair." (Archive) University of Heidelberg. Retrieved on October 29, 2013.
4. Doleželová-Velingerová, p. 724.