Stories to Caution the World: A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 2

by Feng Menglong

Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong's three collections of stories which were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose importance in the Chinese literary canon and in world literature is without question, have been compared to Boccaccio's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295985682
• ISBN13: 9780295985688
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher