Subject: China--Social life and customs--16th-17th centuries--Fiction

Abbot and the Widow : tales from the Ming dynasty. [Pai'an jingqi 拍案驚奇. Erpai heji 二拍合集. English]
AuthorLing Mengchu 凌濛初, 1580-1644
PlaceNorwalk, CT
PublisherEastBridge
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesSignature books (White Plains, N.Y.)
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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.
ISBN1891936395
LCCN2003-26392
carnal prayer mat. [Rouputuan 肉蒲團. English]
AuthorLi Yu 李漁, 1611-1680?Hanan, Patrick
PlaceNew York
PublisherBallantine Books
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition1st ed.
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
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Call NumberPL2698.L52 J613 1990
Descriptionxiv, 316 p. ; 21 cm.
NoteThe Carnal prayer mat = Rou putuan / Li Yu ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Patrick Hanan.
Translation of: Rouputuan 肉蒲團.
Includes bibliographical references.
"An Available Press book"
ISBN0345365089
LCCN89-91506
Jou Pu Tuan : the prayer mat of flesh. [Rouputuan 肉蒲團. English]
AuthorLi Yu 李漁, 1611-1680?Martin, Richard
PlaceNew York
PublisherGrove Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [M5]
Edition1st Evergreen Black Cat ed.
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
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Call NumberPL2698.L52 J613 1963
Description376 p.: ill.; 18 cm.
NoteJou Pu Tuan / by Li Yu ; translated by Richard Martin from the German version by Franz Kuhn.
Title in English on t.p.: The Prayer mat of flesh.
Cf. Indiana companion to traditional Chinese literature, pp. 460-461.
ISBN0394171047
LCCN63-9803