Wu Mei Yuan

Wu Mei Yuan^[1] or Wumei yuan^[2] (traditional Chinese: 五美緣; simplified Chinese: 五美缘), translated into English as the Destinies of Five Beauties,^[3] is a Chinese romantic novel of the early 19th century during the Qing dynasty. The novel is usually categorized as one of the caizi jiaren novels. Its authorship is ascribed to a writer named Jisheng Shi (寄生氏), which is a pseudonym, however, this is also disputed.^[4] It consists of 80 chapters. An early printed edition of the novel dating to 1822 is located in the National Library of China.

The opening of the novel Wu Mei Yuan from a printed edition