TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aina the Layman,Aina the
AU  - the Eccentric Wanderer,Ziran
AU  - Hegel,Robert E.
TI  - Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection
SN  - 9780295999982
AV  - PL2653.I354 2017 
U1  - 895.134 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Short stories, Chinese
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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