Project Gutenberg 2008-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 1625 Ling, Mengchu 1580 1644 凌蒙初 凌濛初 Ling, Xuanfang Ling, Chucheng Jikongguanzhuren 二刻拍案惊奇 Er ke pai an jing qi Produced by Yi Chen Chaung "二刻拍案惊奇" by Mengchu Ling is a collection of short stories written in the early 17th century. The book features a variety of tales that explore themes of morality, justice, and the supernatural, often illustrated through the experiences of its characters, including monks and individuals entangled in societal issues. The opening of the work sets a reflective tone, incorporating literary allusions and philosophical musings about the nature of storytelling and the value of written words. It discusses the significance of preserving knowledge through texts, emphasizing the consequences of neglect and the fate of precious documents. The narrative then transitions to a specific incident involving a monk named 辨悟, who proposes selling a cherished manuscript, the "金刚经," to address a food shortage in his temple. However, circumstances lead to a remarkable series of events that intertwine the fates of individuals connected to this manuscript, setting the stage for tales of moral choices and supernatural occurrences in the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1219106 1219054 2024-09-10T10:20:14.973477 2023-09-11T03:53:40.396823 text/html text/html 1219099 1219047 2024-09-10T10:20:15.394527 2023-09-11T03:53:40.714856 text/html text/html 535993 2024-09-10T10:20:30.170363 application/epub+zip 557165 2024-09-10T10:20:17.504462 application/epub+zip 557165 2024-09-10T10:20:16.338436 application/epub+zip 1103727 2024-09-10T10:20:37.678340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043766 2024-09-10T10:20:29.169371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1045121 2022-09-11T08:35:11.341721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 968676 2024-09-10T10:20:13.990470 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 968551 2008-01-04T08:34:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 444433 2008-01-04T08:34:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17644 2024-09-10T10:20:37.830326 application/rdf+xml 8470 2024-09-10T10:20:16.685472 image/jpeg 2411 2024-09-10T10:20:16.512445 image/jpeg 526785 2024-09-10T10:20:15.485472 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog zh.wikipedia en.wikipedia