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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781989503321

Autore

Feng Menglong <1574-1646.>

Titolo

Stories old and new : a Ming dynasty collection / / compiled by Feng Menglong (1574-1646) ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-295-80128-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxx, 794 pages) : illustrations

Collana

A Ming dynasty collection ; ; [v. 1]

Altri autori (Persone)

YangShuhui

YangYunqin

Disciplina

895.1/346

Soggetti

Short stories, Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Chinese.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 778-794).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Translators' Note""; ""Chronology of Chinese Dynasties""; ""Stories Old and New""; ""Title Page from the 1620 Edition""; ""Preface to the 1620 Edition""; ""1. Jiang Xingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt""; ""2. Censor Chen Ingeniously Solves the Case of the Gold Hairpins and Brooches""; ""3. Han the Fifth Sells Her Charms in New Bridge Town""; ""4. Ruan San Redeems His Debt in Leisurely Clouds Nunnery""; ""5. Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through a Woman Selling Pancakes""

""6. Lord Ge Gives Away Pearl Maiden"" ""7. Yang Jiao'ai Lays Down His Life for the Sake of Friendship""; ""8. Wu Bao'an Abandons His Family to Ransom His Friend""; ""9. Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband""; ""10. Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness""; ""11. Zhao Bosheng Meets with Emperor Renzong in a Teahouse""; ""12. The Courtesans Mourn Liu the Seventh in the Spring Breeze""; ""13. Zhang Daoling Tests Zhao Sheng Seven Times""; ""14. Chen Xiyi Rejects Four Appointments from the Imperial Court""

""15. The Dragon-and-Tiger Reunion of Shi Hongzhao the Minister and His Friend the King"" ""16. The Chicken-and-Millet Dinner for Fan Juqing, Friend in Life and Death""; ""17. Shan Fulang's Happy Marriage in Quanzhou""; ""18. Yang Balao's Extraordinary Family Reunion in the



Land of Yue""; ""19. Yang Qianzhi Meets a Monk Knight-Errant on a Journey by Boat""; ""20. Chen Congshan Loses His Wife on Mei Ridge""; ""21. Qian Poliu Begins His Career in Lin'an""; ""22. Zheng Huchen Seeks Revenge in Mumian Temple""; ""23. Zhang Shunmei Finds a Fair Lady during the Lantern Festival""

""24. Yang Siwen Meets an Old Acquaintance in Yanshan"" ""25. Yan Pingzhong Kills Three Men with Two Peaches""; ""26. Shen Xiu Causes Seven Deaths with One Bird""; ""27. Jin Yunu Beats the Heartless Man""; ""28. Li Xiuqing Marries the Virgin Huang with Honor""; ""29. Monk Moon Bright Redeems Willow Green""; ""30. Abbot Mingwu Redeems Abbot Wujie""; ""31. Sima Mao Disrupts Order in the Underworld and Sits in Judgment""; ""32. Humu Di Intones Poems and Visits the Netherworld""; ""33. Old Man Zhang Grows Melons and Marries Wennü""; ""34. Mr. Li Saves a Snake and Wins Chenxin""

""35. The Monk with a Note Cleverly Tricks Huangfu's Wife"" ""36. Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang""; ""37. Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty Goes to the Land of Extreme Bliss through Ceaseless Cultivation""; ""38. Ren the Filial Son with a Fiery Disposition Becomes a God""; ""39. Wang Xinzhi Dies to Save the Entire Family""; ""40. Shen Xiaoxia Encounters the Expedition Memorials""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""