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Stories to Awaken the World


Stories to Awaken the World

A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 3

von: Feng Menglong

109,99 €

Verlag: University Of Washington Press
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 01.09.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9780295800714
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 992

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<p><i>Stories to Awaken the World</i>, 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 literature and provided material for authors of the great Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) novels to draw upon. This trilogy has been compared to Boccaccio's <i>Decameron</i> and the stories of <i>A Thousand and One Nights</i>. Peopled with scholars, emperors, ministers, generals, and a gallery of ordinary men and women - merchants and artisans, prostitutes and courtesans, matchmakers and fortune-tellers, monks and nuns, thieves and imposters - the stories provide a vivid panorama of the bustling world of late imperial China. The longest volume in the Sanyan trilogy, <i>Stories to Awaken the World</i> is presented in full here, including sexually explicit elements often omitted from Chinese editions.</p>
<p>Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang have provided a rare treat for English readers: an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. As with the first two collections in the trilogy, Stories Old and New and Stories to Caution the World, their excellent renditions of the forty stories in this collection are eminently readable, accurate, and lively. They have included all of the poetry that is scattered throughout the stories, as well as Feng Menglong's interlinear and marginal comments, which convey the values shared among the Chinese cultural elite, point out what original readers of the collection were being asked to appreciate in the writer's art, and reveal Feng's moral engagement with the social problems of his day. The Yangs's translations rank among the very finest English versions of Chinese fiction from any period.</p>
<p>For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html</p>
<p>Acknowledgments</p>
<p>Foreword</p>
<p>Introduction</p>
<p>Translators' Note</p>
<p>Chronology of Chinese Dynasties</p>
<p><i>Stories to Awaken the World</i></p>
<p>Preface [to the 1627 edition]</p>
<p>1. Two High-Minded County Magistrates Vie to Take On an Orphan Girl as Daughter-in-Law</p>
<p>2. Three Devoted Brothers Win Honor by Yielding Family Property to One Another</p>
<p>3. The Oil-Peddler Wins the Queen of Flowers</p>
<p>4. The Old Gardener Meets Fair Maidens</p>
<p>5. The Grateful Tiger Delivers the Bride at Big Tree Slope</p>
<p>6. Divine Foxes Lose a Book at Small Water Bay</p>
<p>7. Scholar Qian Is Blessed with a Wife through a Happy Mistake</p>
<p>8. Prefect Qiao Rearranges Matches in an Arbitrary Decision</p>
<p>9. Chen Duoshou and His Wife Bound in Life and in Death</p>
<p>10. The Liu Brothers in Brotherhood and in Marriage</p>
<p>11. Three Times Su Xiaomei Tests Her Groom</p>
<p>12. Four Times Abbot Foyin Flirts with Qinniang</p>
<p>13. The Leather Boot as Evidence against the God Erlang's Impostor</p>
<p>14. The Fan Tower Restaurant as Witness to the Love of Zhou Shengxian</p>
<p>15. In Eternal Regret, He Daqing Leaves Behind a Lovers' Silk Ribbon</p>
<p>16. In Defiance, Lu Wuhan Refuses to Give Up the Colored Shoes</p>
<p>17. Zhang Xiaoji Takes in His Brother-in-Law at Chenliu</p>
<p>18. Shi Fu Encounters a Friend at Tanque</p>
<p>19. Bai Yuniang Endures Hardships and Brings about Her Husband's Success</p>
<p>20. Zhang Tingxiu Escapes from Death and Saves His Father</p>
<p>21. With Her Wisdom Zhang Shu'er Helps Mr. Yang Escape</p>
<p>22. With His Flying Sword Lu Dongbin Attempts to Kill the Yellow Dragon</p>
<p>23. Prince Hailing of Jin Dies from Indulgence in Lust</p>
<p>24. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Is Punished for His Life of Extravagance</p>
<p>25. Mr. Dugu Has the Strangest Dreams on His Journey Home</p>
<p>26. Magistrate Xue Proves His Divinity through a Fish</p>
<p>27. Li Yuying Appeals for Justice from Jail</p>
<p>28. Young Master Wu Goes to a Tryst in the Next Boat</p>
<p>29. With His Passion for Poetry and Wine, Scholar Lu Scorns Dukes and Earls</p>
<p>30. In a Humble Inn, Li Mian Meets a Knight-Errant</p>
<p>31. Regional Commander Zheng Renders Distinguished Service with His Divine-Arm Bow</p>
<p>32. Scholar Huang Is Blessed with Divine Aid through His Jade-Horse Pendant</p>
<p>33. Over Fifteen Strings of Cash, a Jest Leads to Dire Disasters</p>
<p>34. For One Penny, a Small Grudge Ends in Stark Tragedies</p>
<p>35. In Righteous Wrath, Old Servant Xu Builds Up a Family Fortune</p>
<p>36. Enduring Humiliation, Cai Ruihong Seeks Revenge</p>
<p>37. Du Zichun Goes to Chang'an Three Times</p>
<p>38. Daoist Li Enters Cloud Gate Cave Alone</p>
<p>39. Magistsrate Wang Burns Down Precious Lotus Monastery</p>
<p>40. The God of Madang Conjures Wind to Blow Wang Bo to Prince Teng's Pavilion</p>
<p>Notes</p>
<p>Feng Menglong (1574-1646), the most knowledgeable connoisseur of Chinese popular literature of his time, is best known for his three collections of vernacular stories, now commonly known as the Sanyan. Shuhui Yang is professor of Chinese at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Yunqin Yang is a simultaneous interpreter in the United Nations Secretariat. Together, they translated Feng's <i>Stories Old and New (Gujin xiaoshuo)</i> and <i>Stories to Caution the World (Jingshi tongyan).</i></p>
<p>"<i>Stories to Awaken the World</i> includes old and new stories on holy monks, murderous abbots, and lascivious nuns, together with stories on immortal maidens and Daoist magicians. Stories of pure love and devotion alternate with tales of royal debauchery. The collection contains some of the best-known stories of the genre, translated with competence and zest."—Wilt Idema, Harvard University</p>

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