Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty »

These eight tales from the Song and Ming Dynasties present readers with a colorful tapestry of adventure and misadventure, erotic romance, crafty intrigue, supernatural fantasy, comedies of errors, and crimes and punishment in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.

Preface     ix
Introduction     xiii
The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan     3
Governor Teng Craftily Resolves a Family Dispute     49
The Faithful Old Servant     71
Judge Qiao Mismatches the Mandarin Ducks     93
The Woman in White Under Thunder Peak Pagoda     129
Weaver Shi Meets a Friend at the Strand     171
Lord Kuang Solves the Case of the Dead Infant     201
The Man Who Lost His Yin-Yang Cord and His Life in a Nunnery     221
Glossary     259