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Slapping the Table in Amazement: Acknowledgments

Slapping the Table in Amazement
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table of contents
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction by Robert E. Hegel
  6. Translators’ Note
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
  9. Preface [1628 Edition]
  10. Five Editorial Principles for This Collection
  11. 1. The Man Whose Luck Has Turned Chances upon Dongting Tangerines; The Merchant from Persia Reveals the Secrets of a Turtle Shell
  12. 2. Yao Dizhu Flees from Disgrace Only to Incur More Disgrace; Zhang Yue’e Uses a Mistake to Advance Her Own Interests
  13. 3. Liu Dongshan Brags about His Prowess at the City Gate; Eighteenth Brother Leaves His Mark in the Village Tavern
  14. 4. Cheng Yuanyu Pays for a Meal at a Restaurant; Lady Eleventh Explains Swordsmanship on Mount Cloud
  15. 5. Zhang Derong Encounters a Tiger Sent by the Gods as a Matchmaker; Pei Yueke Becomes the Lucky Mate Just in Time for the Blissful Date
  16. 6. Zhao the Nun Drugs a Beauty into a Stupor; Jia the Scholar Takes Revenge in a Brilliant Move
  17. 7. Emperor Minghuang of Tang, a Daoist Devotee, Seeks Out Eminent Daoists; Consort Wu, a Buddhist Disciple, Witnesses Contests of Magic Power
  18. 8. General Wu Repays the Debt of One Meal; Chen Dalang Reunites with Two Loved Ones
  19. 9. In the Director’s Garden, Young Ladies Enjoy a Swing-Set Party; At Pure and Peaceful Temple, Husband and Wife Laugh and Cry at Their Reunion
  20. 10. Scholar Han Takes a Wife in a Wave of Panic; Prefect Wu Makes a Match for a Talented Scholar
  21. 11. An Evil Boatman Commits Blackmail with a Dead Body; A Heartless Servant Wrongfully Presses Murder Charges
  22. 12. Mr. Tao Takes In Strangers Seeking Shelter from the Rain; Jiang Zhenqing Gains a Wife with a Jest
  23. 13. Mr. Zhao Spoils His Son and Dies as a Result; Magistrate Zhang Sentences an Unfilial Son to Death in an Ironclad Case
  24. 14. To Steal Money, Yu Dajiao Does Violence to a Drunken Man; To Confront the Culprit in Court, Yang Hua Attaches Himself to a Woman’s Body
  25. 15. With His Merciless Heart, Squire Wei Plots to Seize Another Man’s Property; With His Clever Plan, Scholar Chen Wins Back His House
  26. 16. Zhang Liu’er Lays One of His Many Traps; Lu Huiniang Severs a Bond of Marriage
  27. 17. Prayer Services Are Held at West Hill Temple for a Departed Soul; A Coffin Is Prepared in the Kaifeng Yamen for a Living Criminal
  28. 18. An Alchemist Turns Half a Grain of Millet into a Nine-Cycle Pill; A Rich Man Squanders Thousands of Taels of Silver to Win a Beauty’s Smile
  29. 19. Li Gongzuo Ingeniously Reads a Dream; Xie Xiao’e Cleverly Snares Pirates
  30. 20. Li Kerang Sends a Blank Letter; Liu Yuanpu Begets Two Precious Sons
  31. 21. Yuan’s Face-Reading Skills Impress the High and Mighty; Zheng’s Good Deed Wins Him a Hereditary Title
  32. 22. With Money, a Commoner Gains an Official Post; Out of Luck, a Prefect Becomes a Boatman
  33. 23. The Older Sister’s Soul Leaves Her Body to Fulfill a Wish; The Younger Sister Recovers from Illness to Renew a Bond
  34. 24. The Old Demon of Yanguan County Indulges in Debauchery; The Bodhisattva on Mount Huihai Puts the Evil Spirits to Death
  35. 25. Revenue Manager Zhao Leaves Word for His Love a Thousand Li Away; Su Xiaojuan Achieves Happiness with a Single Poem
  36. 26. In a Competition for Sexual Favor, a Village Woman Is Murdered; In Claiming Celestial Authority, a Judge Solves a Case
  37. 27. Gu Axiu Donates to a Nunnery with Joy; Cui Junchen Is Shown the Lotus Screen through a Clever Scheme
  38. 28. The Master of Golden Light Cave Recalls the Past; The Venerable Elder of Jade Void Cave Is Enlightened about His Previous Life
  39. 29. They Remain Loyal to Each Other through Their Trysts; His Success Is Announced at the Jailhouse
  40. 30. Commissioner Wang Rides Roughshod Over His Subordinates; Adjutant Li Gets His Comeuppance from a Reincarnated Victim
  41. 31. Priest He Commits Fornication via Black Magic; Registrar Zhou Wipes Out Rebels via Fornication
  42. 32. Mr. Hu Corrupts a Fellow Man in a Wife-Swapping Scheme; A Chan Master in Meditation Explains the Principle of Retribution
  43. 33. Squire Zhang, in His Noble-Mindedness, Adopts an Orphan; Judge Bao, in His Wisdom, Recovers a Document
  44. 34. Scholar Wenren Shows His Prowess at Cuifu Nunnery; The Nun Jingguan Goes in Glory to Huangsha Lane
  45. 35. A Pauper Keeps Temporary Watch over Another Man’s Money; A Miser Resorts to Tricks When Buying His Nemesis’s Son
  46. 36. The Monk of the Eastern Hall Invites Demonic Spirits during a Lapse in Vigilance; The Man in Black Commits Murder in an Abduction Attempt
  47. 37. Qutu Zhongren Cruelly Kills Other Creatures; The Yunzhou Prefect Helps His Nephew in the Netherworld
  48. 38. To Stake His Claim on the Family Fortune, a Jealous Son-in-Law Plots against the Rightful Heir; To Continue the Bloodline, a Filial Daughter Hides Her Brother
  49. 39. Heavenly Preceptors, with Their Theatrics, Claim to Subdue Drought Demons; A County Magistrate, in His Sincerity, Prays for Sweet Rain from Heaven
  50. 40. On the Huayin Trail, Li Meets One Extraordinary Man; The Jiangling Commander Opens Three Mysterious Envelopes
  51. Notes
  52. Translations of Traditional Chinese Literature

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are profoundly grateful to Robert E. Hegel and Lorri Hagman for their enthusiasm and support for the translation of Slapping the Table in Amazement: A Ming Dynasty Story Collection (Pai’an jingqi). Our thanks are also due to Guan Daoxiong and Wu Xiucheng, for solving some problems with the original text for us, and to David Rolston, for his more than two thousand valuable comments and suggestions. The manuscript also benefited greatly from an anonymous reader’s input. We also wish to thank our eagle-eyed copy editor, Laura Iwasaki, for her meticulous preparation of the manuscript for press, and Liu Lu, for preparing the manuscript in the format required for submission. Our thanks also go to Bates College, for its consistent support for all our translations published by the University of Washington Press, not only for this collection, but also for the Sanyan collections (Stories Old and New, Stories to Caution the World, and Stories to Awaken the World).

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