LEADER 03934oam 22005894a 450 001 9910827238203321 005 20211004152730.0 010 $a9780295999982 010 $a0295999985 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295999982 035 $a(CKB)3710000001123877 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4858191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4858191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11384780 035 $a(OCoLC)979417407 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81686 035 $a(DE-B1597)725678 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295999982 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001123877 100 $a20170327d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIdle Talk under the Bean Arbor$eA Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection /$fcompiled by Aina the Layman ; with commentary by Ziran the Eccentric Wanderer ; edited by Robert E. Hegel 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (292 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a9780295999975 311 08$a0295999977 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aSESSION 5 The Little Beggar Who Was Truly FilialSESSION 6 The Exalted Monks Who Faked Transcendence; SESSION 7 On Shouyang Mountain, Shuqi Becomes a Turncoat; SESSION 8 With a Transparent Stone, Master Wei Opens Blind Eyes; SESSION 9 Liu the Brave Tests a Horse on the Yuyang Road; SESSION 10 Freeloader Jia Forms a League on Tiger Hill; SESSION 11 In Death, Commander Dang Beheads His Enemy; SESSION 12 In Detail, Rector Chen Discourses on the Cosmos; Afterthoughts on Stories; Historical and Cultural References; Notes; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Bibliography; Contributors. 327 $aCover; IDLE TALK UNDER THE BEAN ARBOR; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gossip and Exaggeration in Aina's Short Stories; Terms of Measurement and Titles; Chronology of China's Historical Periods (Dynasties and States); IDLE TALK UNDER THE BEAN ARBOR; PREFACE; FOREWORD; SESSION 1 Jie Zhitui Sets Fire to His Jealous Wife; SESSION 2 Fan Li Drowns Xishi in West Lake; SESSION 3 A Court-Appointed Gentleman Squanders His Wealth but Takes Power; SESSION 4 The Commissioner's Son Wastes His Patrimony to Revive the Family. 330 $a"Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, parody heroic legends and explore issues that contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty a couple of decades before this collection was written, including self-centeredness and social violence. These stories speak to all troubled times, demanding that readers confront the pretense that may lurk behind moralistic stances. Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor presents all twelve stories in English translation along with notes from the original commentator, as well as a helpful introduction and analysis of individual stories."--Publisher description. 606 $aChinese fiction$yQing dynasty, 1644-1912 606 $aShort stories, Chinese 606 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChinese fiction 615 0$aShort stories, Chinese. 615 7$aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese. 676 $a895.13508 700 $aAinajushi$0652522 701 $aHegel$b Robert E.$f1943-$0642345 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827238203321 996 $aIdle Talk under the Bean Arbor$93964106 997 $aUNINA