Mengchu Ling

Slapping the Table in Amazement (eBook, ePUB)

A Ming Dynasty Story Collection
Übersetzer: Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Slapping the Table in Amazement is the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai'an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (15801644), originally published in 1628. The forty lively stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters from all social levels. We learn of their joys and sorrows, their views about life and death, and their visions of the underworld and the supernatural.

Ling was a connoisseur of popular literature and a seminal figure in the development of Chinese literature in the vernacular, which paved the way for the late-imperial Chinese novel. Slapping the Table in Amazement includes translations of verse and prologue stories as well as marginal and interlinear comments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 928
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295742144
• Artikelnr.: 50391676

Autorenporträt

The Chinese writer Ling Mengchu (1580-1644) came from a family of publishers who were pioneers in multicolor printing. While serving as assistant prefect of Xuzhou, near Nanjing, he was killed in a battle with Li Zicheng, who overthrew the Ming dynasty. Ling is best known for his vernacular short stories.