Stories to awaken the world

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Stories to awaken the world

compiled by Feng Menglong ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang

(A Ming dynasty collection, v. 3)

University of Washington Press, c2009

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タイトル別名

Xing shi heng yan

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注記

Translated from the Chinese

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Stories to Awaken the World, the first complete translation of Xingshi hengyan, completes the publication in English of the famous three-volume set of Feng Menglong's popular Chinese-vernacular stories. These tales, which come from a variety of sources (some dating back centuries before their compilation in the seventeenth century), were assembled and circulated by Feng, who not only saved them from oblivion but raised the status of vernacular literature and provided material for authors of the great Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) novels to draw upon. This trilogy has been compared to Boccaccio's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights. Peopled with scholars, emperors, ministers, generals, and a gallery of ordinary men and women - merchants and artisans, prostitutes and courtesans, matchmakers and fortune-tellers, monks and nuns, thieves and imposters - the stories provide a vivid panorama of the bustling world of late imperial China. The longest volume in the Sanyan trilogy, Stories to Awaken the World is presented in full here, including sexually explicit elements often omitted from Chinese editions. Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang have provided a rare treat for English readers: an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. As with the first two collections in the trilogy, Stories Old and New and Stories to Caution the World, their excellent renditions of the forty stories in this collection are eminently readable, accurate, and lively. They have included all of the poetry that is scattered throughout the stories, as well as Feng Menglong's interlinear and marginal comments, which convey the values shared among the Chinese cultural elite, point out what original readers of the collection were being asked to appreciate in the writer's art, and reveal Feng's moral engagement with the social problems of his day. The Yangs's translations rank among the very finest English versions of Chinese fiction from any period. For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html

目次

Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Translators' Note Chronology of Chinese Dynasties Stories to Awaken the World Preface [to the 1627 edition] 1. Two High-Minded County Magistrates Vie to Take On an Orphan Girl as Daughter-in-Law 2. Three Devoted Brothers Win Honor by Yielding Family Property to One Another 3. The Oil-Peddler Wins the Queen of Flowers 4. The Old Gardener Meets Fair Maidens 5. The Grateful Tiger Delivers the Bride at Big Tree Slope 6. Divine Foxes Lose a Book at Small Water Bay 7. Scholar Qian Is Blessed with a Wife through a Happy Mistake 8. Prefect Qiao Rearranges Matches in an Arbitrary Decision 9. Chen Duoshou and His Wife Bound in Life and in Death 10. The Liu Brothers in Brotherhood and in Marriage 11. Three Times Su Xiaomei Tests Her Groom 12. Four Times Abbot Foyin Flirts with Qinniang 13. The Leather Boot as Evidence against the God Erlang's Impostor 14. The Fan Tower Restaurant as Witness to the Love of Zhou Shengxian 15. In Eternal Regret, He Daqing Leaves Behind a Lovers' Silk Ribbon 16. In Defiance, Lu Wuhan Refuses to Give Up the Colored Shoes 17. Zhang Xiaoji Takes in His Brother-in-Law at Chenliu 18. Shi Fu Encounters a Friend at Tanque 19. Bai Yuniang Endures Hardships and Brings about Her Husband's Success 20. Zhang Tingxiu Escapes from Death and Saves His Father 21. With Her Wisdom Zhang Shu'er Helps Mr. Yang Escape 22. With His Flying Sword Lu Dongbin Attempts to Kill the Yellow Dragon 23. Prince Hailing of Jin Dies from Indulgence in Lust 24. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Is Punished for His Life of Extravagance 25. Mr. Dugu Has the Strangest Dreams on His Journey Home 26. Magistrate Xue Proves His Divinity through a Fish 27. Li Yuying Appeals for Justice from Jail 28. Young Master Wu Goes to a Tryst in the Next Boat 29. With His Passion for Poetry and Wine, Scholar Lu Scorns Dukes and Earls 30. In a Humble Inn, Li Mian Meets a Knight-Errant 31. Regional Commander Zheng Renders Distinguished Service with His Divine-Arm Bow 32. Scholar Huang Is Blessed with Divine Aid through His Jade-Horse Pendant 33. Over Fifteen Strings of Cash, a Jest Leads to Dire Disasters 34. For One Penny, a Small Grudge Ends in Stark Tragedies 35. In Righteous Wrath, Old Servant Xu Builds Up a Family Fortune 36. Enduring Humiliation, Cai Ruihong Seeks Revenge 37. Du Zichun Goes to Chang'an Three Times 38. Daoist Li Enters Cloud Gate Cave Alone 39. Magistsrate Wang Burns Down Precious Lotus Monastery 40. The God of Madang Conjures Wind to Blow Wang Bo to Prince Teng's Pavilion Notes

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