Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection / Ling Mengchu ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang ; introduction by Robert E. Hegel.

By:

Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644

Contributor(s):

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0295742127
0295742135
9780295742120
9780295742137

Other title:

Ming Dynasty story collection

Uniform titles:

Pai an jing qi. English.

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PL2698 .L55 S5313 2018

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	PL2698 .L55 S5313 2018	1	Available		33039001483956

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.