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 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. Ling was a connoisseur of popular literature and a seminal figure in the development of Chinese literature in the vernacular, which paved the way for the late-imperial Chinese novel. Slapping the Table in Amazement includes translations of verse and prologue stories as well as marginal and interlinear comments.

Literature & Fiction

Ling, Mengchu

World Literature

University of Washington Press

The Abbot and the Widow: Tales from the Ming Dynasty (Signature Books)

Classics

EastBridge, a nonprofit corporation

Pacific Century Pr

Eight stunning stories selected from China's Imperial past in a handsome bilingual edition including "Fifteen Strings of Cash" and "The Courtesan's Jewel Box."

Selected Chinese Stories of The Song and Ming Dynasties (English-Chinese) (Chinese and English Edition) (English and Chinese Edition)

Feng Menglong

Foreign Languages Press

A Perennial Bestseller on Townsfolk Life Amazing Tales-First Series together with Amazing Tales-Second Series authored by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), a famous writer of venacular stories, have topped the best-loved works of Chinese fiction in the past centuries. Stories from the collections are known to almost everyone in China. In close-knit plots, often punctuated with surprising denouements, and vivid colloquial language, these stories cover a wide range of subjects, from young men and women in love and family disputes to complicated legal cases. Now both books have been translated into English. In Amazing Tales -- First Series l8 stories are selected from the original 40 to sing the praise of fidelity of love and all-weather friendship, expose the greed of some nefarious monks and nuns for sex and wealth, and urge the authorities to uphold justice in handling cases. While enjoying these fascinating tales, the reader can get a glimpse of the ethics, customs, and social life of seventeenth-century China.

Amazing Tales: First Series (A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Classic) (Panda Series)

Foreign Language Press

Written by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), a famous writer of vernacular stories, Amazing Tales have topped the 'best-loved' works of Chinese fiction in the last few centuries. In closely-knit plots, often punctuated with surprising denouements and evocative colloquial language, these stories cover a wide range of subjects. Eighteen stories are collected here.

Amazing Tales Vol. 1

Panda Books

b carved Pai An Jing Qi (Illustrated) (Paperback)

Huaxia Publishing House; 1 (January 1. 2008)

Striking the Table in Amazement ('Pai an jing qi', in traditional Chinese, NOT in English)

San Min

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