{"product_id":"stories-to-caution-the-world-9780295985688","title":"Stories to Caution the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories to Caution the World\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong''s three collections of stories which 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 Boccaccio''s \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e and the stories of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeopled with scholars, emperors, ministers, generals, and a gallery of ordinary men and women in their everyday surroundings -- merchants and artisans, prostitutes and courtesans, matchmakers and fortune-tellers, monks and nuns, servants and maids, thieves and imposters -- the stories in this collection provide a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeng Menglong collected popular stories from a variety of sources (some dating back centuries) and circulated them via the flourishing seventeen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStories to Caution the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers the reader plenty to savor. . . . often shrewd and knowing, and never dull, [the translated comments] provide a new element of commentary over and above that built into the stories through the storyteller's manner, and introduce an agreeably unpredictable element that enhances the pleasure of reading \u003ci\u003eStories to Caution the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * China Review International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important addition to any collection supporting Chinese studies and Asian literature. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Translators' Note\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Chinese Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStories to Caution the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Title Page from the 1624 Edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the 1624 Edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. Yu Boya Smashes His Zither in Gratitude to an Appreciative Friend\u003cbr\u003e 2. Zhuang Zhou Drums on a Bowl and Attains the Great Dao\u003cbr\u003e 3. Three Times Wang Anshi Tries to Baffle Academician Su\u003cbr\u003e 4. In the Hall Halfway-up-the-Hill, the Stubborn One Dies of Grief\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lu Yu Returns the Silver and Brings about Family Reunion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Yu Liang Writes Poems and Wins Recognition from the Emperor\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chen Kechang Becomes an Immortal during the Dragon Boat Festival\u003cbr\u003e 8. Artisan Cui's Love Is Cursed in Life and in Death\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Li the Banished Immortal\" Writes in Drunkenness to Impress the Barbarians\u003cbr\u003e 10. Secretary Qian Leaves Poems on the Swallow Tower\u003cbr\u003e 11. A Shirt Reunites Magistrate Su with His Family\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Double Mirror Brings Fan the Loach and His Wife Together Again\u003cbr\u003e 13. Judge Bao Solves a Case through a Ghost That Appeared Thrice\u003cbr\u003e 14. A Mangy Priest Exorcises a Den of Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e 15. Clerk Jin Rewards Xiutong with a Pretty Maidservant\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Young Lady Gives the Young Man a Gift of Money\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Luckless Scholar Rises Suddenly in Life\u003cbr\u003e 18. A Former Protogee Repays His Patron unto the Third Generation\u003cbr\u003e 19. With a White Falcon, Young Master Cui Brings an Evil Spirit upon Himself\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Golden Eel Brings Calmity to Officer Ji\u003cbr\u003e 21. Emperor Taizu Escorts Jinniang on a One-Thousand-Li Journey\u003cbr\u003e 22. Young Mr. Song Reunites with His Family by Means of a Tattered Felt Hat\u003cbr\u003e 23. Mr. Le Junior Searches for His Wife at the Risk of His Life \u003cbr\u003e 24. Yutangchun Reunites with Her Husband in Her Distress\u003cbr\u003e 25. Squire Gui Repents at the Last Moment\u003cbr\u003e 26. Scholar Tang Gains a Wife after One Smile\u003cbr\u003e 27. Fame Immortals Throw Guanghua Temple into an Uproar\u003cbr\u003e 28. Madame White Is Kept Forever under the Thunder Peak Tower\u003cbr\u003e 29. Zhang Hao Meets Yingying at Lingering Frangrance Pavilion\u003cbr\u003e 30. Wu Qing Meets Ai'ai by Golden Bright Pond\u003cbr\u003e 31. Zhao Chun'er Restores Prosperity\u003cbr\u003e 32. Du Shiniang Sinks Her Jewel Box in Anger\u003cbr\u003e 33. Qiao Yanjie's Concubine Ruins the Family\u003cbr\u003e 34. Wang Jiaoluan's One Hundred Years of Sorrow\u003cbr\u003e 35. Prefect Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Baby\u003cbr\u003e 36. The King of the Honey Locust Grove Assumes Human Shape\u003cbr\u003e 37. Wan Xiuniang Takes Revenge through Toy Pavilions\u003cbr\u003e 38. Jiang Shuzhen Dies in Fulfillment of a Love Bird Prophecy\u003cbr\u003e 39. The Stars of Fortune, Rank, and Longevity Return to Heaven\u003cbr\u003e 40. An Iron Tree at Jingyang Palace Subdues Demons\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400913985879,"sku":"9780295985688","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295985688.jpg?v=1730471932","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stories-to-caution-the-world-9780295985688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}