The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty

by Feng Menglong, Ted Wang (Translator), Chen Chen (Translator)

Overview

These eight tales from the Song and Ming Dynasties present readers with a colorful tapestry of adventure and misadventure, erotic romance, crafty intrigue, supernatural fantasy, comedies of errors, and crimes and punishment in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566491396
Publisher:	Welcome Rain Publishers
Publication date:	01/17/2007
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.11(h) x 0.61(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     ix
Introduction     xiii
The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan     3
Governor Teng Craftily Resolves a Family Dispute     49
The Faithful Old Servant     71
Judge Qiao Mismatches the Mandarin Ducks     93
The Woman in White Under Thunder Peak Pagoda     129
Weaver Shi Meets a Friend at the Strand     171
Lord Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Infant     201
The Man Who Lost His Yin-Yang Cord and His Life in a Nunnery     221
Glossary     259