Stories to caution the world : a Ming dynasty collection / / compiled by Feng Menglong ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang

• Autore: Feng Menglong <1574-1646.>
• Pubblicazione: Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 771 p
• Disciplina: 895.1/346
• Soggetto topico: Chinese literature
• Altri autori: YangShuhui YangYunqin
• Note generali: Translated from the Chinese.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 745-771).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Translators' Note -- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties -- Title Page from the 1624 Edition -- Preface to the 1624 Edition -- 1. Yu Boya Smashes His Zither in Gratitude to an Appreciative Friend -- 2. Zhuang Zhou Drums on a Bowl and Attains the Great Dao -- 3. Three Times Wang Anshi Tries to Baffle Academician Su -- 4. In the Hall Halfway-up-the-Hill, the Stubborn One Dies of Grief -- 5. Lü Yu Returns the Silver and Brings about Family Reunion -- 6. Yu Liang Writes Poems and Wins Recognition from the Emperor -- 7. Chen Kechang Becomes an Immortal during the Dragon Boat Festival -- 8. Artisan Cui's Love Is Cursed in Life and in Death -- 9. "Li the Banished Immortal" Writes in Drunkenness to Impress the Barbarians -- 10. Secretary Qian Leaves Poems on the Swallow Tower -- 11. A Shirt Reunites Magistrate Su with His Family -- 12. A Double Mirror Brings Fan the Loach and His Wife Together Again -- 13. Judge Bao Solves a Case through a GhostThat Appeared Thrice -- 14. A Mangy Priest Exorcises a Den of Ghosts -- 15. Clerk Jin Rewards Xiutong with a Pretty Maidservant -- 16. The Young Lady Gives the Young Man a Gift of Money -- 17. The Luckless Scholar Rises Suddenly in Life -- 18. A Former Protégé Repays His Patron unto the Third Generation -- 19. With a White Falcon, Young Master Cui Brings an Evil Spirit upon Himself -- 20. The Golden Eel Brings Calamity to Officer Ji -- 21. Emperor Taizu Escorts Jinniang on a One-Thousand-Li Journey -- 22. Young Mr. Song Reunites with His Family by Means of a Tattered Felt Hat -- 23. Mr. Le Junior Searches for His Wife at the Risk of His Life -- 24. Yutangchun Reunites with Her Husband in Her Distress -- 25. Squire Gui Repents at the Last Moment -- 26. Scholar Tang Gains a Wife after One Smile -- 27. Fake Immortals Throw Guanghua Temple into an Uproar. ; 28. Madam White Is Kept Forever under the Thunder Peak Tower -- 29. Zhang Hao Meets Yingying at Lingering Fragrance Pavilion -- 30. Wu Qing Meets Ai'ai by Golden Bright Pond -- 31. Zhao Chun'er Restores Prosperity to the Cao Farmstead -- 32. Du Shiniang Sinks Her Jewel Box in Anger -- 33. Qiao Yanjie's Concubine Ruins the Family -- 34. Wang Jiaoluan's One Hundred Years of Sorrow -- 35. Prefect Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Baby -- 36. The King of the Honey Locust Grove Assumes Human Shape -- 37. Wan Xiuniang Takes Revenge through Toy Pavilions -- 38. Jiang Shuzhen Dies in Fulfillment of a Love Bird Prophecy -- 39. The Stars of Fortune, Rank, and Longevity Return to Heaven -- 40. An Iron Tree at Jingyang Palace Subdues Demons -- Notes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stories to caution the world
• ISBN: 0-295-80129-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820780003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II