Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty
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These eight tales from the Song and Ming Dynasties present readers with a colorful tapestry of adventure and misadventure, erotic romance, crafty intrigue, supernatural fantasy, comedies of errors, and crimes and punishment in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.
Preface ixIntroduction xiiiThe Oil Vendor and the Courtesan 3Governor Teng Craftily Resolves a Family Dispute 49The Faithful Old Servant 71Judge Qiao Mismatches the Mandarin Ducks 93The Woman in White Under Thunder Peak Pagoda 129Weaver Shi Meets a Friend at the Strand 171Lord Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Infant 201The Man Who Lost His Yin-Yang Cord and His Life in a Nunnery 221Glossary 259
