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Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor : A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295999982
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Idle Talk under the Bean ArborDDC classification:
  • 895.134
LOC classification:
  • PL2653.I354 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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