More swindles from the late Ming : sex, scams, and sorcery /
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Translations from the Asian classics.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Translators' Introduction
- Explanation of Images at the Heads of Chapters in The Book of Swindles
- Type 1: Misdirection and Theft
- Encountering the Village Head and Then Stealing a Teapot
- Taking Advantage of the Bustle in a Shop to Brazenly Steal a Bolt of Cloth
- Borrowing a Storefront to Steal Cloth
- A Fake Carpenter Fixes a Moneychanger's Desk Drawer
- Type 3: Money Changing
- Swapping Fake Silver for a Pure Ingot
- Type 4: Misrepresentation
- Gulling People by Impersonating an Envoy from the Netherworld and Burning a Register
- Stealing Cloth by Pretending to Purchase It at an Alley Entrance
- Type 5: False Relations
- Incitement to Drinking and Whoring Ruins Health and Reputation
- Debts Accumulated Against a Friend's Property Bankrupt a Family
- Spurring a Friend to Launch a Fornication Suit to Ruin a Family
- Type 7: Enticement to Gambling
- Posing as a Wealthy Scion and Enlisting a Prostitute in a Gambling Scam
- A Gambling Addict Falls Prey to an Ingenious Trick
- Type 9: Scheming for Wealth
- Sedan Bearers Take a Confucian Apprentice off the Beaten Path
- Jacking Up the Price of Goods Only to End Up Ruined
- Type 10: Robbery
- A Fake Scion Rents Rooms and Robs a Widow
- Highway Robbery at a Shop in the Capital
- Type 11: Violence
- Acquiring a Bedroll by Marking It in Secret
- Stealing Silver by Throwing Lime in the Eyes
- Robbed by Crooks in Broad Daylight While Taking a Dump
- Type 12: On Boats
- Luggage Aboard a Boat Disappears, Along with a Servant
- A New Concubine Is Kidnapped from a Boat at Night
- A Purchase of Copperware Incites Boatmen to Murder
- Loading Cargo Onto the Wrong Boat
- Type 14: Fake Silver
- Passing Whitewashed Ingots in Maozhou
- Type 15: Government Underlings
- A Trumped-Up Death Sentence Is Commuted to Exile
- Type 16: Marriage
- Matchmakers Defraud a Provincial Graduate Seeking to Marry a Lady of Rank
- A Marriage Scam of Passion Comes to Light Because of a Frog
- Type 17: Illicit Passion
- Money and Guile Buy a Paper Maker's Wife
- A Monk Seduces a Tenant Farmer's Wife with a Length of Silk
- Robbed of Silver After Fornicating with a Maidservant
- Fleeced After an Affair with a Broker's Daughter
- Type 18: Women
- A Man Rapes His Daughter-in-Law and Then Tricks Her Mother Into Sex
- A Tenant Farmer's Wife Is Prostituted to Steal the Master's Land
- Type 19: Kidnapping
- A Gang Blinds and Amputates Children, Leaving Them Maimed
- Type 21: Monks and Priests
- Believing a Deceitful Monk Leads to a Chain of Calamities
- A Buddhist Monk Impersonates a Guardian Deity to Scam a Donation
- Scamming a Silk Robe with Feigned Foresight
- Type 22: Alchemy
- An Alchemist in a Pit Uses Talismans to Escape
- Type 23: Sorcery
- Magic Reflections in Water Incite a Rebellion