Project Gutenberg 2008-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 232 Ainajushi 艾衲居士 Wang, Xiumei 王秀梅 豆棚閒話 Dou peng xian hua Produced by Hsin Kuo "豆棚閒話" by Ainajushi is a collection of narrative essays likely written in the late 19th century. The work explores themes of human emotions and social interactions through various anecdotes and tales, particularly focusing on the complexities of relationships influenced by jealousy. The opening of the text sets a scene filled with vivid descriptions of everyday life in a rural setting where people gather under bean trellises to share stories and discuss local news. The narrator introduces a dialogue among characters, combining poetry and prose, as they reflect on the topic of jealousy, particularly in women. Through the lore of figures like the tragic character Liu Boyu and his jealous wife, alongside humorously critical observations about jealousy as a recurring societal theme, the text begins to interweave entertaining stories with profound social commentary, suggesting that even harmless gatherings can reveal deep-seated emotions among neighbors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Short stories, Chinese PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 292960 292914 2024-09-11T04:46:01.621600 2023-09-11T08:16:22.850769 text/html text/html 292953 292907 2024-09-11T04:46:01.799582 2023-09-11T08:16:22.979771 text/html text/html 171002 2024-09-11T04:46:04.998568 application/epub+zip 174014 2024-09-11T04:46:02.857593 application/epub+zip 174014 2024-09-11T04:46:02.184605 application/epub+zip 318232 2024-09-11T04:46:06.773574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311855 2024-09-11T04:46:04.596597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312145 2022-09-12T03:39:03.779841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284919 2024-09-11T04:46:01.437622 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284864 2008-05-05T08:14:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 141693 2008-05-05T08:14:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17213 2024-09-11T04:46:06.905551 application/rdf+xml 6378 2024-09-11T04:46:02.518590 image/jpeg 1981 2024-09-11T04:46:02.353581 image/jpeg 170453 2024-09-11T04:46:01.824602 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