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Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection /
"Slapping the table in amazement is the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), originally published in 1628. The forty lively stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters fro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Classics of Chinese thought.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Man whose luck has turned chances upon Dongting Tangerines; The Merchant from Persia reveals the secrets of a turtle shell
- Yao Dizhu flees from disgrace only to incur more disgrace; Zhang Yue'e uses a mistake to advance her own interests
- Liu Dongshan brags about his prowess at the city gate; Eighteenth brother leaves his mark in the village tavern
- Cheng Yuanyu pays for a meal at a restaurant; Lady Eleventh explains swordsmanship on Mount Cloud
- Zhang Derong encounters a tiger sent by the gods as a matchmaker; Pei Yueke becomes the lucky mate just in time for the blissful date
- Zhao the Nun drugs a beauty into a stupor; Jia the Scholar takes revenge in a brilliant move
- Emperor Minghuang of Tang, a daoist devotee, seeks out eminent daoists; Consort Wu, a buddhist disciple, witnesses contests of magic power
- General Wu repays the debt of one meal; Chen Dalang reunites with two loved ones
- In the Director's garden, young ladies enjoy a swing-set party; at Pure and Peaceful temple, husband and wife laugh and cry at their reunion
- Scholar Han takes a wife in a wave of panic; Prefect Wu makes a match for a talented scholar
- An evil boatman commits blackmail with a dead body; a heartless servant wrongfully presses murder charges
- Mr. Tao takes in strangers seeking shelter from the rain; Jiang Zhenqing gains a wife with a jest
- Mr. Zhao spoils his son and dies as a result; Magistrate Zhang sentences an unfilial son to death in an ironclad case
- To steal money, Yu Dajiao does violence to a drunken man; To confront the culprit in court, Yang Hua attaches himself to a woman's body
- Squire Wei, with his merciless heart, plots to seize another man's property; Scholar Chen, with his clever plan, wins back his house
- Zhang Liu'er lays one of his many traps; Lu Huiniang severs a bond of marriage
- Prayer services are held at West Hill Temple for a departed soul; A coffin is prepared in the Kaifeng yamen for a living criminal
- An alchemist turns half a grain of millet into a nine-cycle pill; A rich man squanders thousands of taels of silver to win a beauty's smile
- Li Gongzuo ingeniously reads a dream; Xie Xiao'e cleverly snares pirates
- Li Kerang sends a blank letter; Liu Yuanpu begets two precious sons
- Yuan"s face-reading skills impress the high and mighty; Zheng's good deed wins him a hereditary title
- With money, a commoner gains an official post; out of luck, a prefect becomes a boatman
- The older sister's soul leaves her body to fulfill a wish; The younger sister recovers from illness to renew a bond
- The old demon of Yanguan County indulges in debauchery; The bodhisattva on Mount Huihai puts the evil spirits to death
- Revenue manager Zhao leaves word for his love a thousand li away; Su Xiaojuan achieves happiness with a single poem
- In a competition for sexual favor, a village woman is murdered; In claiming celestial authority, a judge solves a case
- Gu Axiu donates to a nunnery with joy; Cui Junchen is shown the lotus screen through a clever scheme
- The master of Golden Light Cave recalls the past; The venerable elder of Jade Void Cave is enlightened about his previous life
- They remain loyal to each other through their trysts; His success is announced at the jailhouse
- Commissioner Wang rides roughshod over his subordinates; Adjutant Li gets his comeuppance from a reincarnated victim
- Priest He commits fornication via black magic; Registrar Zhou wipes out rebels via fornication
- Mr. Hu corrupts a fellow man in a wife-swapping scheme; A Chan master in meditation explains the principle of retribution
- Squire Zhang, in his noble-mindedness, adopts an orphan; Judge Bao, in his wisdom, recovers a document
- Scholar Wenren shows his prowess at Cuifu Nunnery; The Nun Jingguan goes in glory to Huangsha Lane
- A pauper keeps temporary watch over another man's money; A miser resorts to tricks when buying his nemesis's son
- The Monk of the Eastern Hall invites demonic spirits during a lapse in vigilance; The man in black commits murder in an abduction attempt
- Qutu Zhongren cruelly kills other creatures; The YunZhou Prefect helps his nephew in the Netherworld
- To stake his claim on the family fortune, a jealous son-in-law plots against the rightful heir; To continue the bloodline, a filial daughter hides her brother
- Heavenly preceptors, with their theatrics, claim to subdue drought demons; a county magistrate, in his sincerity, prays for sweet rain from heaven
- On the Huayin trail, Li meets one extraordinary man; The Jiangling Commander opens three mysterious envelopes.