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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...
ISBN: 9780295742137
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Stories to Caution the World
A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 2
Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong's three collections of stories which were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose...
ISBN: 9780295985688
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Stories Old and New
A Ming Dynasty Collection
Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong’s Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620...
ISBN: 9780295978444
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Stories to Awaken the World
A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 3
Stories to Awaken the World, the first complete translation of Xingshi hengyan, completes the publication in English of the famous three-volume set of Feng Menglong's popular Chinese-vernacular stories. These tales, which come from a variety...
ISBN: 9780295993713
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Sanyan Stories
Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection
Presented here are nine tales from the celebrated Ming dynasty Sanyan collection of vernacular stories compiled and edited by Feng Menglong (1574–1646), the most knowledgeable connoisseur of popular literature of his time in China. The...
ISBN: 9780295994222
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