| Date | 1957 |
| Publish_location | Peking 北京 |
| Publisher | Foreign Languages Press |
| Collection | Bibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | PZ1.C787 Y264 1957 |
| Description | 553 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note | The courtesan's jewel box : Chinese stories of the Xth-XVIIth centuries / [Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang]. Contents: The Jade Worker -- The Honest Clerk -- Fifteen Strings of Cash -- The Monk's Billet-Doux -- The Foxes' Revenge -- The Hidden Will -- The Two Brothers -- The Beggar Chief's Daughter -- A Just Man Avenged -- The Tattered Felt Hat -- The Courtesan's Jewel Box -- The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan -- The Old Gardener -- Marriage by Proxy -- The Proud Scholar -- The Tangerines and the Tortoise Shell -- The Story of a Braggart -- The Alchemist and his Concubine -- A Prefectship Bought and Lost -- The Merry Adventures of Lazy Dragon. |
| Subject | Short stories, Chinese--Translations into English |
| LCCN | 57-41973 |
