Chinese Title: 熊猫丛书：二刻拍案惊奇
Title: Amazing Tales Second Series
ISBN: 9787119033525
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2005-01
Author/Translator: Ling Mengchu/Ma Wenqian
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Press
Format: 32mo Cover: P
Page: 430pp Spec: 203*140mm
Introduction:
A Perennial Bestseller on Townsfolk Life As Amazing Tales-First Series by Ling Mengchu (l580-l644) made a hit, the publisher urged him to write a sequel to it. This gave rise to Amazing Tales-Second Series, which has become another bestseller for the last few centuries. Our English version of the Second Series features 19 stories carefully chosen from the original 40. In fascinating plots and a highly expressive colloquial language, they are mostly about women's fate, their miserable existence in a polygamous society, their daring struggle for genuine love, and their implications in legal cases. All these shed precious light on the social mosaic of seventeenth-century China.
Content:
Tale 1
Scholar Quan Plots to Relate Himself to a Distant Aunt；
Mother Bai Is Deceived in Marrying off Her Daughter
Tale 2
Inquiring About a Lost Man in Courtesans'Quarters；
Hearing Howls of Ghosts in the Saffron Garden
Tale 3
Wang Xiangmin Loses His Son at the Lantern Festival；
The Thirteenth Boy at Age Five Pays Respects to His Majesty
Tale 4
General Li Claims a Brother-in -law by Mistake；
Lady Liu Contacts Her Husband by Stealth
Tale 5
Shen Binges with Thousands in Silver；
Lord Wang Lays a One-night Trap
Tale 6
Rash Young Men Startle Lovers；
Clever Young Women Recognize Jade Toads
Tale 7
Five Tigers Cunningly Plot a Family Dispute；
Big Brother Mo Wisely Shatters a Sinister Scheme
Tale 8
Lord Man Deserts His Benefactor Spouse；
Jiao Wenji WEreaks Vengeance After Death
Tale 9
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