Stories to Awaken the World: A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 3 Volume 3

by Feng Menglong and Yunqin Yang

Book Overview

Stories to Awaken the World, the first complete translation of Xingshi hengyan, completes the publication in English of the famous three-volume set of Feng Menglong's popular Chinese-vernacular stories. These tales, which come from a variety of sources (some dating back centuries before their compilation in the seventeenth century), were assembled and circulated by Feng, who not only saved them from oblivion but raised the status of vernacular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989033
• ISBN13: 9780295989037
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 992 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher