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Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection: List of Illustrations

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table of contents
  1. Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Translators’ Note
  10. Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
  11. Stories Old and New
  12. Title Page from the 1620 Edition
  13. Preface to the 1620 Edition
  14. 1. Jiang Xingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt
  15. 2. Censor Chen Ingeniously Solves the Case of the Gold Hairpins and Brooches
  16. 3. Han the Fifth Sells Her Charms in New Bridge Town
  17. 4. Ruan San Redeems His Debt in Leisurely Clouds Nunnery
  18. 5. Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through a Woman Selling Pancakes
  19. 6. Lord Ge Gives Away Pearl Maiden
  20. 7. Yang Jiao’ai Lays Down His Life for the Sake of Friendship
  21. 8. Wu Bao’an Abandons His Family to Ransom His Friend
  22. 9. Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband
  23. 10. Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness
  24. 11. Zhao Bosheng Meets with Emperor Renzong in a Teahouse
  25. 12. The Courtesans Mourn Liu the Seventh in the Spring Breeze
  26. 13. Zhang Daoling Tests Zhao Sheng Seven Times
  27. 14. Chen Xiyi Rejects Four Appointments from the Imperial Court
  28. 15. The Dragon-and-Tiger Reunion of Shi Hongzhao the Minister and His Friend the King
  29. 16. The Chicken-and-Millet Dinner for Fan Juqing, Friend in Life and Death
  30. 17. Shan Fulang’s Happy Marriage in Quanzhou
  31. 18. Yang Balao’s Extraordinary Family Reunion in the Land of Yue
  32. 19. Yang Qianzhi Meets a Monk Knight-Errant on a Journey by Boat
  33. 20. Chen Congshan Loses His Wife on Mei Ridge
  34. 21. Qian Poliu Begins His Career in Lin’an
  35. 22. Zheng Huchen Seeks Revenge in Mumian Temple
  36. 23. Zhang Shunmei Finds a Fair Lady during the Lantern Festival
  37. 24. Yang Siwen Meets an Old Acquaintance in Yanshan
  38. 25. Yan Pingzhong Kills Three Men with Two Peaches
  39. 26. Shen Xiu Causes Seven Deaths with One Bird
  40. 27. Jin Yunu Beats the Heartless Man
  41. 28. Li Xiuqing Marries the Virgin Huang with Honor
  42. 29. Monk Moon Bright Redeems Willow Green
  43. 30. Abbot Mingwu Redeems Abbot Wujie
  44. 31. Sima Mao Disrupts Order in the Underworld and Sits in Judgment
  45. 32. Humu Di Intones Poems and Visits the Netherworld
  46. 33. Old Man Zhang Grows Melons and Marries Wennü
  47. 34. Mr. Li Saves a Snake and Wins Chenxin
  48. 35. The Monk with a Note Cleverly Tricks Huangfu’s Wife
  49. 36. Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang
  50. 37. Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty Goes to the Land of Extreme Bliss through Ceaseless Cultivation
  51. 38. Ren the Filial Son with a Fiery Disposition Becomes a God
  52. 39. Wang Xinzhi Dies to Save the Entire Family
  53. 40. Shen Xiaoxia Encounters the Expedition Memorials
  54. Notes
  55. Bibliography

Selected Illustrations from the 1620 Edition

STORY 1
Winter ends, but not the sorrows

STORY 5
Worldly men venerate the mouth

STORY 12
Like clouds the courtesans swarmed to Leyou

STORY 16
In the dead of night, windy and moonless

STORY 21
Qian Liu in a gambling game with the Zhong brothers.

STORY 26
Shen Yu sees the thrush in the Imperial Aviary.

STORY 31
Sima Mao disrupts order in the underworld and sits in judgment.

STORY 34
Li Yuan, on a leisurely tour, saves a red snake.

STORY 36
Tightwad Zhang is unjustly convicted of crime in the Kaifeng court.

STORY 38
She tells him, “Be sure to come early tomorrow morning.”

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