Author: Ling Mengchu 凌濛初, 1580-1644

Abbot and the Widow : tales from the Ming dynasty. [Pai'an jingqi 拍案驚奇. Erpai heji 二拍合集. English]
Date2004
Publish_locationNorwalk, CT
PublisherEastBridge
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
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SeriesSignature books (White Plains, N.Y.)
ShelfDir. Office Gallery
Call NumberPL2698.L55 A28 2004
Descriptionxv, 249 p. : ill. ; 22.5 cm.
NoteThe abbot and the widow : tales from the Ming dynasty / Ling Mengchu ; translated by Ted Wang and Chen Chen ; introduction by Teresa Chi-Ching Sun.
Selected stories from two collections: Pai'an jingqi 拍案驚奇, also called Erpai heji 二拍合集.
Editors use the title 'Slapping the desk in astonishment' (books 1 & 2).
Illustrations from Ming editions included.
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SubjectLing Mengchu 凌濛初, 1580-1644--Translations into English China--Social life and customs--16th-17th centuries--Fiction
Seriesfoo 103
ISBN1891936395
LCCN2003-26392
Erke Pai'an jingqi 二刻拍案驚奇
Date1960
Publish_locationTaiwan Taibei Shi 臺灣臺北市
PublisherZhengzhong shuju 正中書局
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition臺初版
LanguageChinese 中文
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Call NumberPL2698.E753 L564 1960
Description8, 16, 78, 4, 610 p. : ill., facsims. ; 19 cm.
NoteErke Pai'an jingqi 二刻拍案驚奇 : [40卷] / Ling Mengchu zhu 淩濛初著 ; Li Tianyi jiaoyue 李田意校閱.
Reproduced from the Mingshangyoutang yuankanben 明尚友堂原刊本 in the possession of Riben neige wenku 日本內閣文庫.
“第四十卷: Songgong Mingnao Yuanxiao 宋公明鬧元霄.“
民國49 [1960].
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SubjectChinese fiction--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
inconstancy of Madam Chuang [Jingu qiguan 今古奇觀. English]
Date[1900?]
Publish_locationShanghai 上海
PublisherKelly & Walsh
CollectionRicci Institute Library
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LanguageEnglish
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Call NumberPL2997.I627.B278 1900
Descriptionvii, 259 p., [12] ℓ of plates ; 22 cm.
NoteThe inconstancy of Madam Chuang : and other stories from the Chinese / translated by E. B. Howell, with twelve illustrations by a native artist.
Translation of selected stories from the collection: Jingu qiguan 今古奇觀.
"Printed in Great Britain."

Contents: Translator's note -- The inconstancy of Madam Chuang -- The minister, the lute, and the woodcutter -- The diplomacy of Li T'ai-po -- The wonderful adventure of Li, duke of Ch'ien -- The judgment of magistrate T'eng -- Marriage by proxy.

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SubjectChinese fiction--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Translations into English Short stories, Chinese--Translations into English Short stories, Chinese--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
LCCN43-19245