The drunken man's talk : tales from medieval China
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The drunken man's talk : tales from medieval China
University of Washington Press, c2015
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection of short stories, anecdotes, and poems was likely compiled during the 13th century. Tales of romantic love-including courtship, marriage, and illicit affairs-unify the collection and make it an essential primary source for literary and social history, since official Chinese history sources did not usually discuss family conflict or sexual matters.
This volume, the first complete translation of The Drunken Man's Talk (Xinbian zuiweng tanlu) in any language, includes an introduction that explores the literary significance of the work as well as annotations explaining the symbolism and allusions found in the stories.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator's Introduction
1. An Account of the Plowmen of the Tongue
2. A Legal Case Involving Illicit Love
3. Romantic Union
4. Women's Verse
5. Humorous Tales from a Precious Window
6. Veritable Records from the Red-light District
7. Records from the Red-light District
8. Humorous Quips
9. The Characteristics of Ladies
10. Poems About Ladies
11. Romantic Union
12. Extraordinary Encounters with Immortals
13. Virtuous Women of the Inner Quarters
14. Legal Cases Involving Witty Verdicts
15. Felicitous Trysts with Immortals
16. Broken Promises
17. Romantic Betrayal
18. Extraordinary and Predestined Meetings
19. Old Stories of Reunion 1
20. Old Stories of Reunion 2
Appendix
Notes
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Bibliography
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