TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ling,Mengchu
TI  - 二刻拍案驚奇
AV  - PL 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapping_the_Table_in_Amazement; Release date is 2008-09-30; Produced by Wan Jei Chen; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "二刻拍案驚奇" by Mengchu Ling is a collection of vernacular short stories composed in the mid-17th century during the late Ming dynasty. This second volume contains 39 tales drawn from various Chinese dynasties, depicting merchants, street vendors, thieves, and other common people rather than emperors and heroes. The stories explore themes of love, marriage, and commerce while reflecting the social changes of its era. Written in vernacular Chinese, these tales captivated ordinary readers by finding the extraordinary within everyday life, revealing both human virtue and vice through twisting plots and vivid characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26729
ER  -