Lazy Dragon
Subtitle: Chinese Stories from the Ming Dynasty
By: translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang ; edited by Geremie Barmé.
Contributors: Yang, Xianyi.; Yang, Gladys.; Feng, Menglong, 1574-1646.; Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644.
Publisher: Joint Pub. Co.; Brand: Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Co Ltd; Joint Pub. Co
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Hongkong
Language: eng; chi
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English; Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- Translations into English; China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [303]-304.
Translation of short stories originally selected from san yan; er pai, collections of tales respectively by Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu.
"This selection of stories is based on The courtesan's jewel box: Chinese stories of the xth-xviith centuries"--P. xx.
Table of contents: title: Fifteen strings of cash; title: The strange adventures of Yang Balao; title: The ghost came thrice; title: The Oil vendor and the courtesan; title: A just man avenged; title: The beggar chief's daughter; title: The old gardener; title: The courtesan's jewel box; title: The tangerines and the tortoise shell; title: Lazy dragon.