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Passing Under Heaven

de Justin Hill

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In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful girl is born in a fort along the Great Wall of China, and is set to become the most famous and celebrated courtesan of her age. Set in the 9th century, Passing Under Heaven tells the tragic love story of Lily, a Chinese poet and documents a time when Chinese women enjoyed a window of unprecedented personal freedom - including the freedom to fall in love. But when Lily pushes that freedom to its limits disaster ensues, leaving her child and husband to forever mourn her loss. Based on historical fact, Passing Under Heaven is more than the story of the end of a love affair, this book also chronicles the passing of the Chinese golden age into civil war and ruin.… (més)
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This book is sometimes categorized as 'historical fiction', but that's still not quite accurate. The book is a fictional account of a historical Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE) poetess (Yu Xuanji) whom we know only vaguely through a handful of poems, a reference to a book of her works and diaries (now lost), and a historical reference to her death 12 years after she was executed. It is, however, a beautifully written story woven around the main themes of her poetry--the betrayals of life, love, beauty, families, society. In this respect, it does crystallize some of the most important aspects of the period--the dynasty's obsession with romanticism and refinement, village life, city life, peasant lives, aristocratic careers and interests, the roles and duties of wives and concubines. The book includes several of the poetess' actual poetry as translated by the author, who was inspired to write this novel while translating her poems.

Perhaps the best category to capture its genre is fiction 'inspired by history'. As the author notes, "this novel started as a collection of translations of Yu Xuanji's poems, which formed the skeleton on which the rest of the book has grown" (p. 438).

It's a light read, a book I would categorize as "summer reading". Read it for entertainment for it is entertaining, but if you're looking for insights into Tang Chinese history or society, your time is better spent elsewhere.

If however, you're looking for a story about betrayals, this book will not disappoint. ( )
  pbjwelch | Jul 25, 2017 |
Struggled to get into this book, but came back to it when revisiting a Chinese period. Good as a holiday read, but not mest enough otherwise. Prinicipal character was unengaging, like Harry Potter in the hormonal phase. ( )
  celerydog | Nov 1, 2012 |
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In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful girl is born in a fort along the Great Wall of China, and is set to become the most famous and celebrated courtesan of her age. Set in the 9th century, Passing Under Heaven tells the tragic love story of Lily, a Chinese poet and documents a time when Chinese women enjoyed a window of unprecedented personal freedom - including the freedom to fall in love. But when Lily pushes that freedom to its limits disaster ensues, leaving her child and husband to forever mourn her loss. Based on historical fact, Passing Under Heaven is more than the story of the end of a love affair, this book also chronicles the passing of the Chinese golden age into civil war and ruin.

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