Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor : A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection.
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- 9780295999982
- 895.134
- PL2653.I354 2017
Cover -- IDLE TALK UNDER THE BEAN ARBOR -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Gossip and Exaggeration in Aina's Short Stories -- Terms of Measurement and Titles -- Chronology of China's Historical Periods (Dynasties and States) -- IDLE TALK UNDER THE BEAN ARBOR -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- SESSION 1 Jie Zhitui Sets Fire to His Jealous Wife -- SESSION 2 Fan Li Drowns Xishi in West Lake -- SESSION 3 A Court-Appointed Gentleman Squanders His Wealth but Takes Power -- SESSION 4 The Commissioner's Son Wastes His Patrimony to Revive the Family -- SESSION 5 The Little Beggar Who Was Truly Filial -- SESSION 6 The Exalted Monks Who Faked Transcendence -- SESSION 7 On Shouyang Mountain, Shuqi Becomes a Turncoat -- SESSION 8 With a Transparent Stone, Master Wei Opens Blind Eyes -- SESSION 9 Liu the Brave Tests a Horse on the Yuyang Road -- SESSION 10 Freeloader Jia Forms a League on Tiger Hill -- SESSION 11 In Death, Commander Dang Beheads His Enemy -- SESSION 12 In Detail, Rector Chen Discourses on the Cosmos -- Afterthoughts on Stories -- Historical and Cultural References -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Contributors.
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