TY - BOOK AU - Feng,Menglong AU - Yang,Shuhui AU - Yang,Yunqin TI - Stories to awaken the world /compiled [and authored] by Feng Menglong ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang T2 - A Ming dynasty collection SN - 9780295800714 AV - PL2698 .S767 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Seattle PB - University of Washington Press KW - Electronic Books N1 - Translated from the Chinese; 1; Preface [to the 1627 edition] --; Two high-minded county magistrates vie to take on an orphan girl as daughter-in-law --; Three devoted brothers win honor by yielding family property to one another --; The oil-peddler wins the queen of flowers --; The old gardener meets fair maidens --; The grateful tiger delivers the bride at big tree slope --; Divine foxes lose a book at small water bay --; Scholar Qian is blessed with a wife through a happy mistake --; Prefect Qiao rearranges matches in an arbitrary decision --; Chen Duoshou and his wife bound in life and in death --; The Liu brothers in brotherhood and in marriage --; Three times Su Xiaomei tests her groom --; Four times Abbot Foyin flirts with Qinniang --; The leather boot as evidence against the God Erlang's impostor --; The fan tower restaurant as witness to the love of Zhou Shengxian --; In eternal regret, He Daqing leaves behind a lovers' silk ribbon --; In defiance, Lu Wuhan refuses to give up the colored shoes --; Zhang Xiaoji takes in his brother-in-law at Chenliu --; Shi Fu encounters a friend at Tanque --; Bai Yuniang endures hardships and brings about her husband's success --; Zhang Tingxiu escapes from death and saves his father --; With her wisdom Zhang Shu'er helps Mr. Yang escape --; With his flying sword Lu Dongbin attempts to kill the yellow dragon --; Prince Hailing of Jin dies from indulgence in lust --; Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is punished for his life of extravagance --; Mr. Dugu has the strangest dreams on his journey home --; Magistrate Xue proves his divinity through a fish --; Li Yuying appeals for justice from jail --; Young Master Wu goes to a tryst in the next boat --; With his passion for poetry and wine, Scholar Lu scorns dukes and earls --; In a humble inn, Li Mian meets a knight-errant --; Regional commander Zheng renders distinguished service with his divine-arm bow --; Scholar Huang is blessed with divine aid through his jade-horse pendant --; Over fifteen strings of cash, a jest leads to dire disasters --; For one penny, a small grudge ends in stark tragedies --; In righteous wrath, old servant Xu builds up a family fortune --; Enduring humiliation, Cai Ruihong seeks revenge --; Du Zichun goes to Chang'an three times --; Daoist Li enters cloud gate cave alone --; Magistsrate Wang burns down precious lotus monastery --; The god of Madang conjures wind to blow Wang Bo to Prince Teng's pavilion; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=519832&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -