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Informationen zum Autor Feng Menglong (1574-1646), the most knowledgeable connoisseur of popular literature of his time, is best known for his three collections of vernacular stories, now commonly known as the Sanyan. Shuhui Yang is professor of Chinese at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Yunqin Yang is a simultaneous interpreter in the United Nations Secretariat. Together, they translated Feng's Gujin xiaoshuo as Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection (Volume 1). Klappentext Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of three volumes of stories that were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose importance in the Chinese literary canon and in world literature is without question, have been compared to BoccaccioÂ's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Translators' Note Chronology of Chinese Dynasties Stories to Caution the World Title Page from the 1624 Edition Preface to the 1624 Edition 1. Yu Boya Smashes His Zither in Gratitude to an Appreciative Friend 2. Zhuang Zhou Drums on a Bowl and Attains the Great Dao 3. Three Times Wang Anshi Tries to Baffle Academician Su 4. In the Hall Halfway-up-the-Hill, the Stubborn One Dies of Grief 5. Lu Yu Returns the Silver and Brings about Family Reunion 6. Yu Liang Writes Poems and Wins Recognition from the Emperor 7. Chen Kechang Becomes an Immortal during the Dragon Boat Festival 8. Artisan Cui's Love Is Cursed in Life and in Death 9. "Li the Banished Immortal" Writes in Drunkenness to Impress the Barbarians 10. Secretary Qian Leaves Poems on the Swallow Tower 11. A Shirt Reunites Magistrate Su with His Family 12. A Double Mirror Brings Fan the Loach and His Wife Together Again 13. Judge Bao Solves a Case through a Ghost That Appeared Thrice 14. A Mangy Priest Exorcises a Den of Ghosts 15. Clerk Jin Rewards Xiutong with a Pretty Maidservant 16. The Young Lady Gives the Young Man a Gift of Money 17. The Luckless Scholar Rises Suddenly in Life 18. A Former Protogee Repays His Patron unto the Third Generation 19. With a White Falcon, Young Master Cui Brings an Evil Spirit upon Himself 20. The Golden Eel Brings Calmity to Officer Ji 21. Emperor Taizu Escorts Jinniang on a One-Thousand-Li Journey 22. Young Mr. Song Reunites with His Family by Means of a Tattered Felt Hat 23. Mr. Le Junior Searches for His Wife at the Risk of His Life 24. Yutangchun Reunites with Her Husband in Her Distress 25. Squire Gui Repents at the Last Moment 26. Scholar Tang Gains a Wife after One Smile 27. Fame Immortals Throw Guanghua Temple into an Uproar 28. Madame White Is Kept Forever under the Thunder Peak Tower 29. Zhang Hao Meets Yingying at Lingering Frangrance Pavilion 30. Wu Qing Meets Ai'ai by Golden Bright Pond 31. Zhao Chun'er Restores Prosperity 32. Du Shiniang Sinks Her Jewel Box in Anger 33. Qiao Yanjie's Concubine Ruins the Family 34. Wang Jiaoluan's One Hundred Years of Sorrow 35. Prefect Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Baby 36. The King of the Honey Locust Grove Assumes Human Shape 37. Wan Xiuniang Takes Revenge through Toy Pavilions 38. Jiang Shuzhen Dies in Fulfillment of a Love Bird Prophecy 39. The Stars of Fortune, Rank, and Longevity Return to Heaven 40. An Iron Tree at Jingyang Palace Subdues Demons Notes ...
