Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection
Title:
Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection
Pai an jing qi. English
Ming Dynasty story collection
Author:
Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644, author.
ISBN:
9780295742137
9780295742120
9780295742144
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Uniform Title:
Pai an jing qi. English
Publication Information:
Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xxiv, 897 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Abstract:
Slapping the Table in Amazement is the unabridged English translation of the story collection Pai An Jing Qi by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), originally published in 1628. The forty stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters from all social levels. We learn of their joys and sorrows, their views about life and death, and their visions of the underworld and the supernatural.--Publilsher's description.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references.
Field 805:
npmlib 10702042 PL2698 L55 S5313 ysh