The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty [Hardcover]

Feng Menglong (Author), Ted Wang (Translator), Chen Chen (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2007

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers (January 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566491401
• ISBN-13: 978-1566491402
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,153,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars As engaging for lay readers as it is for dedicated students, May 7, 2007

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This review is from: The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty (Hardcover)

Skillfully translated into English by Ted Wang & Chen Chen, The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan is a collection selected stories by Feng Menglong (1574-1646), during China's Ming dynasty. Merchants, scholars, housewives, magistrates, craftsmen, courtesans, abbots, nuns, and children populate these creative, witty, and insightful tales, which cover a surprisingly broad cross-section of Chinese life of the era, both urban and rural. As engaging for lay readers as it is for dedicated students of Chinese culture and literature, The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan is a wondrous work of classical literature, highly recommended. Readers hungry for more are sure to enjoy the previous anthology in the series, "Two Slaps" collecting more tales by Feng's contemporary, Ling Mengchu (1580-1644).