The book of swindles : selections from a late Ming collection /

This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers use charmed talismans for mind control and murder. A pair of dubious monks extorts money from a powerful official and then...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Zhang, Yingyu, active 16th century-17th century (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Rea, Christopher G. (Traducteur), Rusk, Bruce, 1972- (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Chino
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Collection:Translations from the Asian classics.
Sujets:
Swindlers and swindling > China > Anecdotes.
Fraud > China > Anecdotes.
Fraude > Chine > Anecdotes.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Asian > Chinese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Fraud
Swindlers and swindling
China
Anecdotes
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