By Jack London
Just like the celebrated Klondike stories, the tales that contain South Sea stories derive their depth from the author's personal far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing imaginative and prescient borne in basic terms of expertise. The strong stories accrued the following vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical panorama, whereas additionally trenchantly gazing the fragile interaction among imperialism and the unique. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his advent, "When London's tales click on, we're totally there, on the fringe of the area and the restrict of human endurance."
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Kuei-ch’ing. See Li Kuei-ch’ing. Kung Kuai (1057–1111), left provincial administration commissioner of Shantung. K’ung, Auntie, go-between in Ch’ing-ho who represents Ch’iao Hung’s family in arranging the betrothal of Ch’iao Chang-chieh to Hsi-men Kuan-ko. K’ung family of the Eastern Capital, family into which P’ang Ch’un-mei is reincarnated as a daughter. Kuo Shou-ch’ing, senior disciple of Shih Po-ts’ai, the corrupt Taoist head priest of the Temple of the Goddess of Iridescent Clouds on the summit of Mount T’ai.
Kou Tzu-hsiao, professional actor from Su-chou who specializes in playing male lead roles. Ku, Silversmith, jeweler in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Li P’ing-erh and Hsi-men Ch’ing, employer of Lai-wang after he returns to Ch’ing-ho from exile in Hsü-chou. Kuan, Busybody. See Kuan Shih-k’uan. Kuan-ko. See Hsi-men Kuan-ko. Kuan Shih-k’uan, Busybody Kuan, a dissolute young scamp upon whom Hsimen Ch’ing turns the tables by abusing the judicial system. Kuan-yin Nunnery, abbess of, superior of Nun Wang, frequent visitor in the Hsi-men household.
See Li Kuei-chieh. Kuei-ch’ing. See Li Kuei-ch’ing. Kung Kuai (1057–1111), left provincial administration commissioner of Shantung. K’ung, Auntie, go-between in Ch’ing-ho who represents Ch’iao Hung’s family in arranging the betrothal of Ch’iao Chang-chieh to Hsi-men Kuan-ko. K’ung family of the Eastern Capital, family into which P’ang Ch’un-mei is reincarnated as a daughter. Kuo Shou-ch’ing, senior disciple of Shih Po-ts’ai, the corrupt Taoist head priest of the Temple of the Goddess of Iridescent Clouds on the summit of Mount T’ai.
