Ling, Mengchu,  1580-1644, <br/><br/>
Slapping the table in amazement :  a Ming Dynasty story collection / 
 Ming Dynasty story collection. 
Ling Mengchu ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang ; introduction by Robert E. Hegel. 
 - xxiv, 897 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0295742127 0295742135 9780295742120 9780295742137 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1368-1699 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chinese fiction--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Translations into English.<br/>Short stories, Chinese--Translations into English.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Social life and customs--17th century--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL2698 .L55  / S5313 2018