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The Beilizhi 北里志 "Records from the northern village" is a collection of short stories from the Tang period 唐 (618-907) written by Sun Qi 孫棨 (late 9th century). The book is only one juan "scroll" long and was finished in 884. It records stories about the singing girls (geji 歌妓) of the village of Beipingkangli 北平康里 north of the capital Chang'an 長安 (modern Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi). It is therefore a very interesting source for the social history of the urban middle class of the Tang period, and especially of singsong girls visited by them. The Beilizhi also quotes some poems by girls and their guests.
There are Ming period 明 (1368-1644) prints surviving in the collectanea Xu baichuan xuehai 續百川學海 and Gujin shuohai 古今說海. In 1957 the Gudian wenxue press 古典文學出版社 published a modern version.
Source: Zhu Jincheng 朱金城 (1986). "Beilizhi 北里志", in: Zhongguo da baike quanshu 中國大百科全書, Zhongguo wenxue 中國文學, vol. 1, p. 40. Beijing/Shanghai: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe.
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Chinese literature according to the four-category system
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