01692cam a22003253u 4500 57248 UtSlPG 20260610134323.0 m cr n 260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644 初刻拍案驚奇 Chu Ke Pai An Jing Qi Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2018 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapping_the_Table_in_Amazement Release date is 2018-06-02 Produced by Xiaoman Chiu "初刻拍案驚奇" by Mengchu Ling is a collection of vernacular short stories composed in 1627 during the late Ming dynasty. This two-volume work contains seventy-eight tales drawn from folk legends, romances, and unofficial history. The stories capture extraordinary events hidden within ordinary life, featuring merchants, hawkers, prostitutes, thieves, and other common people rather than emperors and heroes. Written in vernacular Chinese, the collection explores themes of love, marriage, and commerce while reflecting the social changes of seventeenth-century China through vivid characters and surprising plot twists. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57248 98079 98079