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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Feng, Meng-lung, 1574–1646.
[Ku chin hsiao shuo. English]
Stories old and new : a Ming dynasty collection / compiled by Feng Menglong (1574–1646) : translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-295-80129-2 (alk. paper).—ISBN 0-295-97844-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Feng, Meng-lung, 1574–1646 Translations into English.
I. Yang, Shuhui. II. Yang, Yunqin. III. Title.
PL2698.F4K7813 2000
895.1’346—dc21
99-28753
CIP
The paper used in this publication is acid-free and recycled from 10 percent post-consumer and at least 50 percent pre-consumer waste. It meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ∞