Stories Old and New

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTranslators' NoteChronology of Chinese DynastiesTitle Page from the 1620 EditionPreface to the 1620 Edition1) Jiang Zingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt2) Censor Chen Ingeniously Solves the Case of the Gold Hairpins and Brooches3) Han the Fifth Sells Her Charms in New Bridge Town4) Ruan San Redeems His Debt in Leisurely Clouds Nunnery5) Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through a Woman Selling Pancakes6) Lord Ge Gives Away Pearl Maiden7) Yang Jiao'ai Lays Down His Life for the Sake of Friendship8) Wu Bao'an Abandons His Family to Ransom His Friend9) Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband10) Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness11) Zhao Bosheng Meets with Emperor Renzong in a Teahouse12) Zhang Daoling Tests Zhao Sheng Seven Times14) Chen Xiyi Rejects Four Appointments from the Imperial court15) The Dragon-and-Tiger Reunion of Shi Hongzhao the Minister and his Friend the King16) The Chicken-and-Millet Dinner for Fan Juqing, Friend in Life and Death17) Shan Fulang's Happy Marriage in Quanzhou18) Yang Balao's Extraordinary Family Reunion in the Land of Yue19) Yang Qianzhi Meets a Monk Knight-Errant on a Journey by Boat20) Chen Congshan Loses His Wife on Mei Ridge21) Qian Poliu Begins His Career in Lin'an22) Zheng Huchen Seeks Revenge in Mumian Temple23) Zhang Shunmei Finds a Fair Lady during the Lantern Festival24) Yang Siwen Meets an Old Acquaintance in Yanshan25) Yan Pingzhong Kills Three Men with Two Peaches26) Shen Ziu Causes Seven Deaths with One Bird27) Jin Yunu Beats the Heartless Man28) Li Xiuqing Marries the Virgin Huang with Honor29) Monk Moon Bright Redeems Willow Green30) Abbot Mingwu Redeems Abbot Wujie31) Sima Mao Disrupts Order in the Underworld and Sits in Judgement32) Humu Di Intones Poems and Visits the Netherworld33) Old Man Zhang Grows Melons and Marries Wennu34) Mr. Li Saves a Snake and Wins Chenxin35) The Monk with a Note Cleverly Tricks Huangfu's Wife36) Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang37) Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty Goes to the Land of Extreme Bliss through Ceaseless Cultivation38) Ren the Filial Son with a Fiery Disposition Becomes a God39) Wang Xinzhi Dies to Save the Entire Family40) Shen Xiaoxia Encounters the Expedition MemorialsNotesBibliography